OPINION: 'Banning any book is a display of moral cowardice; to limit access to the books which might help contextualize life in the United States today is base and wicked,' writes adamszemel
Whether the topic is race or gender or history, the book banners believe people do not deserve access to the full range of thought or expression on these matters. The ideas themselves must be censored out of public conversation. We are not meant, and must not be allowed, to consider them on their merits. And a book, printed words on bound paper, is little more than a sturdy and elegant contraption for the consideration of ideas.
After the Bar Kokhba war, Emperor Hadrian issued edicts designed to devastate Jewish culture and throttle the Judeans’ will for independence. For the rabbis of the Talmud, the Exodus story created context for Jewish life under imperial Roman rule; the titles on the list circulated by “Moms for Liberty” contain similar stories.When I worked at a children’s bookstore, I saw how certain YA titles empowered and affirmed children who were lost and lacking context.
For as long as I can remember, I have been overwhelmed by the sheer volume of experience that is living. This manifests, in part, in an unyielding need for more context. A means of making sense. This need is never satisfied, but feeding it scales the magnitude of existence into something manageable. I do not know what I would be without books.
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