Blogger’s Note: The Chinese (English-language) news article very carefully picks its way through the terrain of this American right-wing backlash. For instance, at no time does the Xinhua Journalist explain that the State legislation ‘blocked’ is intended to prevent US school-children from receiving library education regarding the reality of life for members of the 2SLBGTQNI+ Community. This follows a general right-wing (and far-right) reaction ‘rejecting’ any and all (positive) information regarding ‘Transgenderism’. This article accuses the US System of being ‘draconian’ – whilst NOT exactly ‘explaining’ as to ‘why’ this might be happening. This is because the Chinese government (and judiciary) also ‘blocks’ any material considered ‘reactionary’ or of an unacceptable ‘Bourgeois’ nature. Of course, the West carries-out a similar process through ‘supressing’ various political data (rather than ‘banning’). As everybody does this – the clever bit is working-out how to use this knowledge to make the enemy look worse than you – and cause the maximum rhetorical damage! ACW (30.7.2023)
Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2023-30-07
HOUSTON, July 29 (Xinhua) — A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked southern U.S. state Arkansas from exerting a law that would allow criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to children.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks issued a preliminary injunction against the law, which was set to take effect Aug. 1.
Under the law, a new criminal penalty can be imposed on anyone who makes “harmful” materials available to minors, putting librarians and bookstore employees in danger of being charged with a Class A misdemeanor, the Arkansas Times reported.
Furthermore, it establishes a uniform procedure for people to challenge materials in a library’s collection based on “appropriateness.” If a library rejects such a challenge, its decision could then be appealed to a local body of elected officials, such as a city council or county quorum court, it said.
Last year, the number of attempts to ban or restrict access to books across the United States, especially in Republican-led states, was the highest in the past 20 years, AP reported.
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