Indoctrination / DoublethinkHalifax Pride, a "LGBTQ+" group, boycotts local library for acquiring a copy of "Irreversible Damage" by Abigail Shrier (Halifax, Canada)

submitted by reluctant_commenter from self.LGBDropTheT

Didn't see a post about this so I thought I'd start one, please feel free to shout out any details I'm missing.

I found this quote from the news article quite fascinating:

Farahbakhsh said that the book speaks to a time when transgender health issues were classified as mental and behavioural disorders, which is “an incredibly traumatic history of the LGBTQ community.”

You mean like this diagnosis that is still being used? That "incredibly traumatic history" is the present moment...

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[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 28 insightful - 1 fun28 insightful - 0 fun29 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Modern day book banning/burning by people who also say:

Get on the right side of history!

No thanks. I don't have a crystal ball and neither do you. But I do have the printed equivalent(history book) for seeing the past.

I suppose they'll want to restrict those as well..

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 22 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 0 fun23 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

These people want to destroy history.

[–]chazzstrong 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's why they're trying to topple and remove our history, so we can't stop them from repeating the worst parts of it.

[–]ChunkeeguyTeam T*RF Fuck Yeah 23 insightful - 10 fun23 insightful - 9 fun24 insightful - 10 fun -  (1 child)

Most of them don't read anything more challenging than Tumblr and /r/lgbt posts anyway.

[–]No_ 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

And watch blues clues and those other kids shows.

[–]julesburm1891 27 insightful - 1 fun27 insightful - 0 fun28 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Librarian here. Libraries should contain something that offends everyone to create a fair a balanced collection. Your feelings don’t get to dictate others’ access to information.

[–]barnarnasis this tv show my friend? 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I tried requesting it at my local library since they didn't have a copy but it's been two months and nothing.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Acquisition can sometimes take a while, even more so in COVID times. Be patient and hopefully it won't take too much longer.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Just buy the paperback from Amazon while it's still available

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is why echo chambers are so incredibly dangerous. If you cannot handle other people having different opinions than yours, then you shouldn’t get to be treated like an adult. Unfortunately, these perpetual children have so much power, and this is why western civilisation is collapsing.

[–][deleted] 18 insightful - 2 fun18 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I didn't think they read books.

[–]davids877Straight Male Man 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm wondering when they'll get around to requesting the banning of anatomy books or any biology books mentioning the two sexes.

[–]SkepticalHPSSuper Straight 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I knew someone who was a counselor who had a client who was a high school health teacher. Apparently the kids were losing their shit over diagrams of male/female anatomy being labeled as such.

[–]Rosefield 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Only a matter of time

[–][deleted] 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

attempts at censorship never come from an honest place. there's always a self-serving agenda behind it, and in every case, you always have to ask who it benefits.

[–]soundsituationI myself was once a gay 7 insightful - 9 fun7 insightful - 8 fun8 insightful - 9 fun -  (0 children)

boycotts local library

I won't be spending another red cent on these free books!

[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If they could actually defend their positions they wouldn't need to try censoring all dissenting opinions.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Nobody seems to understand basic library ethics. They strive to collect all information, regardless of how harmful it seems to some. Content banning and censoring goes against their principles. I've seen books in libraries about alien world orders and harmful diet regimes, and the onus is on people to access what they want, not to limit access for others because of how they feel.

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Honestly, I am not really sure many people are educated on what libraries are supposed to be, at least here in the US.

[–]SuperGayIsOkay 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

To be fair, I do think the full title of the book ("Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters") is clickbait-ey and was chosen to generate controversy (far more than the content of the book itself ought, which is quite reasonable in tone). I don't disagree with the accuracy of the title, but it seems to me the wording chosen meant it was pretty much a given it would create this kind of outrage due to the title alone.

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree. Unfortunately, the author of a book often doesn't get full say over their title; perhaps the publishing house had some influence there? I kind of get why people might have a knee-jerk reaction to it just from the title. (And not even mentioning, young girls are not the only demographic being harmed by the stereotypes and medical malpractice encouraged by the transgender movement.)

[–]Rag3 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

They don’t read books anyways 😂