How Close Are Today’s Book Bans to Book Burnings?
<p>I had a conversation with one of my customers this week. I sell books. I <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/publishers-booksellers-sue-texas-over-public-school-book-ban-2023-07-26/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">support the lawsuits</a> against my home state of Texas by publishers, educators, and my colleagues. Our argument is that <a href="https://www.statesman.com/story/news/education/2023/07/25/hb-900-bookstores-sue-texas-over-school-library-book-rating-law/70464278007/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">book rating systems</a> like the one pitched by Gov. Greg Abbott, are unconstitutional.</p>
<p>The counter argument is that it’s designed to ban “sexually explicit material.”</p>
<p>The customer I spoke to was salty about my beliefs. I’m used to it, I’m vocal about them, and I live in the Florida of the Southwest.</p>
<p>His argument was that schools banning books that were objectionable, isn’t the same as book burning.</p>
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