For all the talk about banning books, we’ve never had any trouble getting any book we want. When we DO have trouble getting a banned book it’s because the ban guarantees all the physical copies will be snapped up. ~ TheDaveRoss
, which is edited by Jonah Goldberg, who I thought made an excellent point worth sharing. And his point was, why do liberal groups seem to get so upset about banning books?The Hill We Climb
” which was removed from a grade school reading shelf after a parent complained. On the official complaint form, the parent gave as the reason : “Is not educational and have indirectly hate messages.” And it pointed to a poem on page 12 of the book.So, the school moved the book to a restricted area, and suddenly the news feeds are proclaiming another book ban.Yes, it’s an overreaction to a single complaint, and it’s dumb – but it’s not a ban.
And for all the talk about banning books, we’ve never had any trouble getting any book we want. When we DO have trouble getting a banned book it’s because the ban guarantees all the physical copies will be snapped up. I suspect that’s the REAL reason for the outrage over book bans – the best way to undermine a book ban is to get it in the headlines.
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