BOOK BANNING IN 'MERICA
Let's face it, the reason some right-wing conservatives have become rabid about banning books in America is because for now at least the burning of intelligent, articulate people is not allowed, and banning--or burning their books, which is what I was going to say--is, in their minds, the next best thing. Sadly, we live in a country in which creativity and intelligence are not only not prized but shunned, a country in which ignorant people take a look at the cover of a book or its title to decide its worth without ever reading a word of it. Is this something I might see on my cereal box in the morning, they ask themselves. Or, is this something donald trump would like? Worst of all, does it elicit questions, like, what does this drawing mean, or what does this title mean? The unfamiliar is threatening, even evil. High falutin words are dangerous. Descriptions of lust or sex, a bad example to children, who are not supposed to know anything about sex until they get pregnant accident