To palin supporters: does the fact that she wanted to ban certain books from public libraries disturb you?

Question

"The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, pledged to “resist all efforts at censorship,” Ms. Kilkenny recalled. Ms. Palin fired Ms. Emmons shortly after taking office but changed course after residents made a strong show of support."

Answer 1

Please for God's sake....

Step away from the koolaid.

Answer 2

What are you crazy, Republican politicians always know what best for us. I would be happy if she came to my state and banned the disgusting books we have out there for our children. I mean g*y Tolerances book? My gosh!!!!!

Answer 3

Here's the list.

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess - set in a near future England. The welfare state has turned the teens into violent idots.

The book is written in a Russian Cockney dialect. Very Joycean. Bravest book by a brave Britsh conservative writer.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle - first of a series of very soulful and intellectual books for teens. The message is about personal power and identity. Short list some of the greatesT children books of all time.

Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden - I do not know this book

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner - the existential work of Faulkner. A study of the meaning of life, the family tree, death, religion and lonelyness. Brilliant.

Blubber by Judy Blume - popular teen writer

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - Do I have to tell you?

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson - pop teen fantasy

Canterbury Tales by Chaucer - one of the central classics of English Literature. A window on the medieval soul. Indespensable.

Carrie by Stephen King - trash pop novel

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - classic satiric anti-war movie

Christine by Stephen King - blah

Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - One of the three greatest works of all time

Cujo by Stephen King - blah

Curses, Hexes, and Spells by Daniel Cohen - who knows

Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite - an glimpse into modern realxed g*y culture

Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck - me nah know

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller - the greatest modern play

Decameron by Boccaccio - another of the top three best books

East of Eden by John Steinbeck - great american novel, portait of an era

LOOK ICAN'T EVEN GO ON. I'VE READ SO MANY OF THESE BOOKS. IF THIS WOMAN WANTS TO BAN THEM SINCERELY

TO h**l WITH HER. ARE WE ALL SUPPOSED TO BE AS STUPID AS SHE IS?

HERE'S THE REST OF THE LIST BUT I BET MOST OF YOU DON'T CARE.

Fallen Angels by Walter Myers

f***y Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure) by John Cleland

Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Forever by Judy Blume

Grendel by John Champlin Gardner

Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Have to Go by Robert Munsch

Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Impressions edited by Jack Booth

In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

It’s Okay if You Don’t Love Me by Norma Klein

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Little Red Riding Hood by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Love is One of the Choices by Norma Klein

Lysistrata by Aristophanes

More Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

My House by Nikki Giovanni

My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara

Night Chills by Dean Koontz

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer

One Day in The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Ordinary People by Judith Guest

Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women’s Health Collective

Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy

Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl

Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz

Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

Separate Peace by John Knowles

Silas Marner by George Eliot

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

The b*****d by John Jakes

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Devil’s Alternative by Frederick Forsyth

The Figure in the Shadows by John Bellairs

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Snyder

The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks

The Living Bible by William C. Bower

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

The New Teenage Body Book by Kathy McCoy and Charles Wibbelsman

The Pigman by Paul Zindel

The Seduction of Peter S. by Lawrence Sanders

The Shining by Stephen King

The Witches by Roald Dahl

The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Snyder

Then Again, Maybe I Won’t by Judy Blume

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary by the Merriam-Webster Editorial Staff

Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts: The Story of the Halloween Symbols by Edna Barth

Answer 4

I read the article and there is no proof that she really wanted books banned. The librarian wouldn't even comment.  You guys stretch the truth and bend it to fit your mold and then the truth comes out and you look like morons.  

Answer 5

This is the most damning information about Palin yet.  Thanks for posting.

Answer 6

I just read the article I guess I didn't read what your read.

The youtube is same old youtube c**p, I pay NO attention to that c**p!

If you think city employees don't get fired you live in a Fantasy world!

What was the reason they got canned?

Maybe they WEREN'T doing their jobs.

Something to think about huh.

Answer 7

Yes I read that too. I thought she was awesome at first but I'm not sure now.  I am beginning to think she is a not so nice lady and that's too bad.

Below is the source on the library book stuff and other stuff about her too.

Answer 8

Palin is an imbecile...no wonder her daughter is pregnant.

Mom has 5 kids...Bristol is getting her freak on like her momma.

Answer 9

Uh no. Doesn't bother me at all, in fact I support this. As for the rest of the trash talk it's all the left has been doing. You people have hit such a new low these past few days I don't think I'll ever see you all the same way again, sad lot of you. Let me warn you tho- this is all going to backfire!

Answer 10

Everyone has enemies.

This story is based on only 2 sources, with no letters or other hard evidence.

it will go away.

But I do support censorship to some extent.  Hustler and Playboy shouldn't be in the kids section of my  local public library.  

And I think most americans would support that!

Answer 11

From what I understand some of Palin's constituents were upset about a few books that had rough language in it.  Palin was representing her constituents, so, no, doesn't bother me.

Answer 12

The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, pledged to “resist all efforts at censorship,” Ms. Kilkenny recalled. Ms. Palin fired Ms. Emmons shortly after taking office but changed course after residents made a strong show of support. Ms. Emmons, who left her job and Wasilla a couple of years later, declined to comment for this article.

How come the Librarian declined to comment if she was such a fighter of censorship?  You would think she would want to say something now, right? Besides, nothing ever came of it.  AFTER she did all the stuff you pointed out she was RE-ELECTED by a large margin.  Obviously the people didn't have a problem with her.  

Answer 13

No, now come on,,, considering your source is the NYT, do you really expect anyone to believe it? They are no better than the national inquirer,,, LOL! I cannot believe how afraid of this lady you guys are,,, OMG! We hit the jack pot! I love it!

Answer 14

Yes, it does. I know she's not perfect. I hate book banning, but let's not pretend it doesn't happen on the left. How long would a book on "How to turn your g*y child straight" last in a San Francisco library?

>>i know its cliche but every time i think of banning books i think of n**i book burning...<<

As do I, which I why I find it so ironic when groups, many on the left, seek to ban n**i/neo-n**i literature.

http://news.cnet.com/2100-1017-239248.ht...

Answer 15

Palin is a communist and McCain is a theocrat they make a perfect match and if elected it will be the last in this country for quite a while .

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