Banned Books Week
It seems to me that a government that claims banning books is an attempt to protect our children would also want to ban guns, or at the very least, regulate them. However, we all know the real reason for banning books is an attempt to regulate free speech. With so many of our rights seemingly on the chopping block in the Oval Office, it would be easy to underestimate the danger in banning books. The truth is, when a free flow of information is cut off, a free society ceases to exist. With our Democracy already on shaky ground, I just had to speak the truth, however small my voice may be.
It seems to me that a government that claims banning books is an attempt to protect our children would also want to ban guns, or at the very least, regulate them. However, we all know the real reason for banning books is an attempt to regulate free speech. With so many of our rights seemingly on the chopping block in the Oval Office, it would be easy to underestimate the danger in banning books. The truth is, when a free flow of information is cut off, a free society ceases to exist. With our Democracy already on shaky ground, I just had to speak the truth, however small my voice may be.
"Something will be offensive in every book, so you've got to fight it." Judy Blume
"What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist." Salman Rushdie
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