The Truth About Banned Books (And Why It Matters)

Let's talk about banned books because there are people who don't want us. To be talking about ban books. Book banning book banning book ban banning books. Hundreds of books banned from schools. And we're actually learning that it's happening more often here in Texas than any other state in the nation. I don't just in the people who are, in fact, banning books. But If you Ever seen a post or an article about the topic or you seen it come up on social media, you'll notice that the comment section

Are swarmed with people just straight up lying about what's happening. I've seen this since we opened our band book. Library here on Main Street in Historic. Bastard Texas it's a learning library. People can take a book, leave a book. The whole point is in response to the book bans that have happened all over Texas, including in this very county, all over the United States and all over the world. And by presenting people a chance to highlight their favorite book that's been banned or Challenge or questioned. Five.

I've noticed in the comments a lot of people speaking a lot of nonsense about this talk. So I wanted to take a second to address some of those things. My favorite comment is the people who say something like, Look, there's a difference between banning books and taking books out of Libraries or people go

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