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shish_mish@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 25 days ago

Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads

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Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
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    And let’s not forget that the Guardian has had no qualms to participate in transphobic witchhunting for years. No matter what hand-wringing they now do, they share a part of the responsibility for it coming this far and probably won’t stop pushing transphobia either…

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      Guardian-reading lefty here. You got any links to actual transphobic articles in the Guardian itself? I’ve been reading it for years, and have never noticed anything like that, particularly it being a stance. Would be very disappointed in them if so.

      That link says that there have been 1100 articles in the Guardian, and also well-known right wing rags the Times, Mail and Telegraph, “most of” which are attacks. Bizarre to group those four papers together; one of them is very much not like the others. I would believe it of the other three, of course.

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        Here is some news coverage of what’s going on in the Guardian. Mind, some of the articles are a little older, but the overall situation hasn’t improved. The only thing that has changed is the normalization of the transphobic content the Guardian has put out over the years.

        The articles below contain links to various Guardian articles

        • Hundreds Of Staff At The Guardian Have Signed A Letter To The Editor Criticising Its “Transphobic Content”, March 20
        • Protesters demand the Guardian ‘stop platforming transphobia’ outside newspaper’s HQ, October 21
        • Trans Journalists Pull Out of Guardian Newspaper’s Pride Coverage, June 22
        • Columnist James Wong leaves The Observer and claims ‘institutionalised transphobia’, February 23
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      The moral high grounding of liberal minded people is one of the reasons right wing populists are gaining ground globally. Rather than slamming the Guardian for not always aligning 100% with your views, why not see if the content of the actual article is worth your fury.

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        Bullshit. Liberals won’t fight for anything and thats why the Nazis are coming back.

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        I am not a liberal, so I can totally be outraged about what the article is describing and point out the Guardian’s contribution to that particular problem.

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        The bar is in hell if opposing websites suggesting my people are some disease or delusion that’s harming children and needs to be eradicated is moral high grounding for liberal minded people.

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