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positive feedback from our community from, surprisingly, i've not gotten a lot of negative feedback at all. but i think that our district policy manual clearly says that it's our schools responsibility, her public school's responsibility to provide a comprehensive collection of books that foster respect for diversity and cultural appreciation, and so i understand that it's not going to resonate with everyone. but it does resonate with people. >> you know, lindsay, i'm the parent of three school age children myself. and i've seen people make this argument that parents should be the want to decide what's in a kid school library. and i'm like, you want me to go through a list of 200? books that [laughter] i can't do that. every parent in the school? do you think it's a good idea to have one parent to exercise veto power over books in
righteous book banners. >> yeah, and there's an election on the horizon. i think there's a notion that certain people can get energized motivated by this. and they're going to play to that segment. and rile them up. and it's up to us to mobilize the rest, the majority. this is about parents rights indeed. it's not the rights of those 11 parents, it's the rights of the millions of parents who access, kids access is at stake. >> suzanne nossel, and lindsay durtschi, thank you both, appreciate it. that is all in on this tuesday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. t starts right now. good evening, alex facebook seem to pull well it like so many other things desantis is overseeing in the state of florida, it is a mystery to me how he does not think this is an absolute kryptonite. >> i found "the washington post"
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<p>While there is a groundswell of opposition to book removal policies and other restrictions on educational content, it remains to be seen whether Democratic politicians will commit to defending the importance of public education in a multicultural democracy. </p>