Alabama library mistakenly adds children's book to "explicit" list because of author's name
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I mean, it’s Alabama. You cant expect someone to actually read the title and plot of a book if the author is so “Gay” when there’s so much sister fucking to do!
You're welcome
The irony of getting your jimmies rustled because you didn't read the article while claiming others can't read.
No rustled jimmies here, I just have always held a strong dislike of the South.
Preach!
Then it’s a shitty library.
Cataloging is an important job and a real librarian takes it seriously. Whether they create the catalog or get records from somewhere else, it should be triple checked and have hands on it at least twice.
More importantly, we don’t censor or classify/rate books.
Well that's not very Christian of you, is it?
i mean that's basically as stupid as the real filter
Reminds me of the time the Scunthorpe problem reared its head in a conservative newspaper and sprinter Tyson Gay was autocorrected to Tyson Homosexual 😄
Read Me a Story, Stella (explicit) - Feat. Marie-Louise Gay
If they could read, I’m sure they’d be mad.
"mistakenly" is carrying a lot of weight there.
I see no one RTFA, the book was electronically flagged, and removed from the review list after the mistake was uncovered.