Of course, we all know by now that libraries serving up obscene material to minors is not specifically endemic to Alpena County. Our friends in Dickinson County’s Iron Mountain are fighting their own battles and one book in particular has come to light as particularly egregious and openly available to non-adults.
Since we aren’t being provided a list of books from this library which are available to kids & teens as we were concerning the Alpena Library – we are going to simply highlight this one. We will be covering it in more detail than we did the list of books that our friends found openly available in Alpena’s main library.
The book in question is titled Patience & Esther: An Edwardian Romance authored by SW Searle. This is a graphic novel or a “comic” and is published by Iron Circus Comics and on their own site, it is listed on “Adult Only” (see below).
How can an admittedly “adult only” book as outlined by the PUBLISHER, be allowed into the hands of innocent children by any entity, let alone a publicly funded entity purportedly supposed to be serving at the behest of the community funding it? It is a rather egregious offense. This library must eschew any guideline in which they believe they are beholden to, as long as that mechanism facilitates the availability of obscene pornography such as this to any minors…
Yes, this includes the ALA and their “Library Bill of Rights” which was not ratified by any locally elected representation of “We the People”, and does not provide adequate protection to ensure that the curious and innocent eyes of minors protected from offense (it does the opposite, in point of fact). The adults in this scenario must stand up and set aside this lack of personal responsibility and take action to defend the youth. This isn’t about “freedom of speech”. This is about doing the right thing.
What is “The right thing”?
The law is clear: Delivering or the facilitation of delivering “obscene” material to minors under the age of 16 is a federal crime punishable up to 10 years imprisonment.
Don’t believe me? Familiarize yourself with Title 18, Part I, Chapter 71 of US Code.
Whoever, using the mail or any facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly transfers obscene matter to another individual who has not attained the age of 16 years, knowing that such other individual has not attained the age of 16 years, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
Would it be worth 10 years in prison to keep “soft core” porn on the shelves and within reach of kids? It isn’t as if the law is unprepared to handle this. It really could conceivably go as far as asking whether a judge and/or jury will agree that this material ascribes to the “Miller Test”. How far this goes depends on the community and the library. Either way, the gauge is there and by our own “Miller Test”, we believe that the truth is blatant.
In this day and age, it comes as no big surprise that the local paper has definitely sided with the “porn for kids” crowd… even certain library officials seem to buy into the notion that the First Amendment applies to youths the same as it does adults (it does NOT)… and of course we must not forget the outside parties who are using these people to cement their agenda in all of Michigan. Including (especially) the most rural and conservative areas. Libraries are undeniably important in all culture. However, libraries should never be used as a mechanism to deliver obscenity and evil to our youth. Under law, anyone who is party to the delivery of obscenity to underage kids can be legally held responsible.
In both man’s law and God’s Holy Law, it is every adult’s responsibility to protect minors. Not just the parent. As clearly as is written into US law above, Matthew 18:6 is equally succinct:
“But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him, that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.”
Libraries should be havens of safe knowledge for children…
And, each parent should be afforded the opportunity to be able to trust the library without being required to monitor every little move an underaged minor may take at a public library.
It is not a complicated request. Adult material needs to be available to adults only. That which is age appropriate should be available accordingly. This isn’t censorship. This is plain and simple common sense & decency. It is also the law.
Here’s the scoop on the book they are fighting to keep available to children & teens.
So, we did a little poking around the wilds of the internet for opinions on this book. Within the linked documentation below are photographs taken directly from the book. Are you a parent or grandparent? Would you allow your child to flip through the pages of this obviously adult book? If you care to see, and are an adult, you are welcome to look. We hate to propagate our pages with porn; but Truth needs to be seen. And, unlike the legacy media, we provide the proof…
Last warning! NOT for kids…
Since this is clearly aimed at adults, as defined by the publisher, the cover of the book, and even the library itself – we can say with certitude that the Dickinson County Library is directly and knowingly malfeasant in their refusal to properly categorize this book within an adult only section of the library. Instead, they prefer to gaslight citizens as to the libraries’ lack of “in loco” authority to limit exposure when they should clearly be acting decisively to uphold the law.
Here is where the book could originally be found.
As a placative measure, this book has supposedly been moved to a different section in the Dickinson Library. However, this is not sufficient if it is not an “adult” section and is still available for any age to access:
What has been done?
Instead of pursuing legal measures, concerned citizens in Dickinson County have followed the library’s processes in attempting to at least get this egregious content moved to an adult appropriate section. To contravene their attempts, the library looks to have rallied support from some vocal and avid leftists who decry this attempt at “suppression of LGBTQIA freedom of speech” because girl-on-girl and threesome porn is “inclusive” to kids somehow?
In reading the letters opposing the proper categorization of this book – from the publicly available correspondence – it is clear that the propagandists in Dickinson County made the issue about “Identity Politics” instead of simple truth. Every letter I have read has made the case in support of the “LGBTQIA” agenda, but conveniently made ZERO mention of “porn”, “obscene material”, or what is “AGE appropriate”.
This is how they operate. They use any available manner of deceit to corrupt good people with blatant misrepresentation of truth in order to demonize opposing voices.
How can one knowingly defend the indefensible?
The staff and advocates fighting to keep this available to all, have clearly never read the book. As it is plainly targeted to adults for purposes of adult entertainment. It is clearly and obviously not educational and it would be unimaginable to think that this material is knowingly made available for the eyes underage children to see.
How did we get here?
My opinion: The whole of society cannot be expected to make intelligent decisions unless they have acquired the simple facts. Since none of the simple facts were mentioned in any correspondence received by this author… I can only surmise that they were fed lies. Garbage in, garbage out. This is why we must learn to look and find information on our own, as our whistleblower did.
Simply stated: Society needs to learn to seek facts out – on their own – and make truly educated decisions.
What would you do?
Now that you have had opportunity to see the pictures from the offending book. Would you hand that book to your underage minor? Would you leave it in a place where it could randomly be happened upon by someone who hasn’t come of age? Don’t fall for the hyperbolic gaslighting… Not one conservative wants to take away any adult’s freedom of speech. We can all agree that it is their God-given right to look at anything they want to. They are adults.
This isn’t even about “LGBTQIA Identity Politics” where adults are concerned. What an adult does within their own discretion, is their own business.
This is ALL about simply ensuring kids can be kids, free from obscenity (as much as possible). We can all agree that kids don’t need to be seeing porn, right? (Patience and Esther IS porn.)
Protect the kids. That’s all we’re asking for. This isn’t complicated. Put this book, and all porn like it, behind the desk & for adult eyes only. It’s a simple solution that does not hurt a single soul.
The opinions & observations above are that of the author, Jeffrey Dobbs, a friend and partner to this movement.