Thursday, August 20, 2015

Pushback …

… Take That, Censorship — Annoyed Librarian. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

The headline should have been “Republicans and the lesser educated are more comfortable banning books in schools than other Americans,” since that’s mostly what the data show.
Great article, except for this, where the writer displays kneejerk (and unexamined) partisanship. I don't think it's Republicans who have tried to ban Huckleberry Finn. The urge to censor crosses party lines. I may have mentioned being at a board meeting once when the question of book-banning came up. Also in attendance was William F. Buckley, Jr., who reminded his conservative colleagues that the cornerstone of the conservatism he advocated was individual freedom, including the freedom to read what you wanted without interference from censors.

The Guardian features much ignorant commentary on America.

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