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West Virginia House passes bill allowing prosecution of librarians (www.newsandsentinel.com)

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[–] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 7 points 6 months ago

If they know what it is, they can identify what is happening if some of these adults behind this movement are trying to take advantage of them. With a fifth of the state population meeting the definition for illiteracy and the whole of it being #47 for education in the country, it's not exactly surprising that the voters (writ large) aren't familiar enough with how libraries work to prevent being duped into supporting this.