World-class children's librarian and kid-lit maven Camille at Book Moot is fed up with "Know Nothings" who agitate to ban good books from school libraries.
Know-Nothings think some books have supernatural powers and their mere presence in the same space-time-continuum as their young one will cause brain damage or emotional distress. For as many years as I have been a librarian, I have yet to see a book sprout arms and grab a student as they passed it on the shelf....Generally, books sit very quietly on the shelves.
I wonder what they do, or do not, allow their own kids to consume via TV, video games, and the local multiplex. I doubt the Know-Nothings have the energy and ingenuity to monitor their children 24x7, since they are pre-occupied monitoring mine.