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What drives people to silence others, and quash the free exchange of ideas?
“When I read Fahrenheit 451 for the first time,” LeVar Burton says, “I couldn’t imagine that situation in my reality. It was a shame, right? Wow. Those poor people in that misguided society. I live in that society now. That dystopian story has become my truth.”
LeVar Burton Wants You to Read Banned Books
Florida, the leading state, banned over 500 books. Florida’s governor is a huge proponent of that. This is massively concerning to the majority of Americans who do not support book bans.
Burton compares the banning of books to attempts to control women's bodies:
"This is part of a movement that we are battling for control over our minds and our bodies."
While liberals have been justifiably criticized for their efforts to alter classic works of fiction, conservatives seem to be pursuing a deeper and more pervasive effort to deny access to books they deem unacceptable.
But these same conservatives are the first to decry what they correctly describe as the war on conservative speech online, and the so-called "cancellation" of those who may have engaged in unpopular/unfashionable expression.
Why this disconnect?
Will the Constitution prevail, or are we on a steep slide into cultural darkness?
“When I read Fahrenheit 451 for the first time,” LeVar Burton says, “I couldn’t imagine that situation in my reality. It was a shame, right? Wow. Those poor people in that misguided society. I live in that society now. That dystopian story has become my truth.”
LeVar Burton Wants You to Read Banned Books
Florida, the leading state, banned over 500 books. Florida’s governor is a huge proponent of that. This is massively concerning to the majority of Americans who do not support book bans.
Burton compares the banning of books to attempts to control women's bodies:
"This is part of a movement that we are battling for control over our minds and our bodies."
While liberals have been justifiably criticized for their efforts to alter classic works of fiction, conservatives seem to be pursuing a deeper and more pervasive effort to deny access to books they deem unacceptable.
But these same conservatives are the first to decry what they correctly describe as the war on conservative speech online, and the so-called "cancellation" of those who may have engaged in unpopular/unfashionable expression.
Why this disconnect?
Will the Constitution prevail, or are we on a steep slide into cultural darkness?