Book banning is akin to book burning, and North Dakota is poised to join other red states that have acted to “protect” readers from exposure to explicit sexual material regardless of its artistic or social merit. Librarians who make such material available can be prosecuted as criminals.
The next step will be the outlawing of books, films and art that convey controversial ideas or politically objectionable viewpoints.
This assault on free expression is part and parcel of the march to curtail voting rights, impede equality of opportunity, enshrine gun rights and impose religious uniformity.
Make no mistake, this nation is at an inflection point: It will either overcome these dangerous incursions and emerge a freer and more open society or it will descend into the darkness of autocracy.
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