Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice likened the organization’s movement concerning the content allowed in school libraries to that of schools’ internet access policies.
Justice appeared on the Reid Out on Friday, where host Joy Reid grilled her over alleged book bans. Moms for Liberty members have a reputation for appearing before school boards across the country to petition that books with adult content be removed from school libraries.
“No one’s banning books. Write the book, print the book, publish the book, put the book in the public library, sell the book. We’re talking about a public school library,” Justice said. “Children don’t have unfettered access to the internet at school.”
Justice claimed to have filed a Freedom of Information Act request to understand what types of internet sites are allowed on school computers.
“And the subject matter in the books that moms are concerned about are the same things that kids don’t have access to on the internet. So it just feels very hypocritical, right? Why is no one out there protesting for, you know, ‘free the internet’?” Justice said.
Reid took particular issue with the removal of All Boys Aren’t Blue from some libraries in about ten states. The book, which is a memoir written by George M. Johnson, a homosexual man, includes instances of sexual assault, some perpetrated by the cousin of the author.
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“What a tragic story of a young man who is anally raped by his adult family members. So you have incest, rape, pedophilia,” Justice said of the book. “In what context is a strap-on dildo acceptable for public school? That’s my question to you.”
Reid referred to the book as “award-winning” and told Justice she was “not an expert in this book.”
