Book banning has been out of control over the last few years. And in a timeless act of historical revisionism, the Orange Cheeto in office said it would end "Biden's book ban hoax." Oddly enough, it's an open secret that the people who ban and burn books are on the wrong side of history. Even still, that doesn't stop them from doing it. So it brings up an important question...
"Why do people ban books?"
A common sentiment I've heard through the years has something to do with the book in question being inappropriate, obscene or "uncivilized" in some way. Maybe a little "censorship from Big Brother" sprinkled in, and that's usually the end of the discussion. But as history unfolds, it's clear that books are often banned when they come from marginalized voices. They shed light on inconvenient truths about our reactionary, puritanical society and how we mi…
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