Yes, of course there need to be some restrictions for the books which are made available in schools. Or would you find it okay if a teacher added cryptofascist books to the school library? That might be hard to notice for people who are not familiar with the topic, so it makes sense to have an approval process.
There have been no problems so far with books available in schools. And even if there were such problems, the solution can’t be to ban all books by default, at least not in a free society. What comes next? Do parents have to ask the government what they are allowed to teach their children?
Something like that opens the door to a paternalistic state where those in power decide what should be read and what is considered “wrong”.
Yes, of course there need to be some restrictions for the books which are made available in schools. Or would you find it okay if a teacher added cryptofascist books to the school library? That might be hard to notice for people who are not familiar with the topic, so it makes sense to have an approval process.
There have been no problems so far with books available in schools. And even if there were such problems, the solution can’t be to ban all books by default, at least not in a free society. What comes next? Do parents have to ask the government what they are allowed to teach their children?
Something like that opens the door to a paternalistic state where those in power decide what should be read and what is considered “wrong”.