ALA's Top 10 List of Blatant American Stoopidity

Yeah, I said it. You're damn stoopid for challenging a book's existence in a library or petitioning it get banned or restricted. You're stoopid for trying to stifle people's First Amendment rights. You're stoopid for trying to snuff out the flame of reading in a child. What's wrong with you? Yeah, you, book challenger. What's wrong with you?

The American Library Association's released their top 10 most challenged books of 2009 and it's a bucket of head-smashing fun! Proof positive that the people that challenge books don't actually read them -

5. Twilight (series) by Stephenie Meyer
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group

Attention-getting mine. Pillow-biting is sexually explicit, huh? Can somebody call Ron Jeremy, please? Someone needs some learning. If Twilight's sexually explicit, then I'm Lindsay Lohan.

God, people. At least READ the damn things so you don't make yourself look like a complete tool when you petition to kick its ass out of the local library for good. As if challenging a book isn't inherently tool-like. And Tom Sawyer is racist, right? *headdesk*

Do you know the reason why I bought ttfn by Lauren Myracle from my local library's book sale? Solely because it's shown up on the banned books list for the past few years now. That's it. I wanted to see what was "so bad" about it, read: I wanted to see what those idiots were complaining about now. OMG, teens having sex? Nooooooooooooooo . . .

I can't tell whether these ALA lists are a brilliant bunch of comedy or a sad state of affairs that should have me weeping for humanity. Or both. When will these damn people learn to keep their parenting to their own children? When will they learn 'Unsuited to Age Group' is as subjective as 'do I look fat in this dress?'? How about we petition to have some of their books taken away and see how they like it? Oh wait. We wouldn't do that because us smart folks wouldn't think to actually deny anyone their reading material of choice, ever. Because we understand that everyone has different tastes and not every book appeals to every person.

Love thy neighbor.*

*So long as they're not reading tasteless kiddie smut about them homos.