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Why is this still a thing ? ~ Yes, We Still Need Banned Book Week | The Digital Reader

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Mr. Hoffelder makes a good argument here.
My thoughts...we can never, ever let our guard down‎.

It only takes one election, one judicial decision to go from the freedom to read to not only banned but burned books.

http://the-digital-reader.com/2015/09/29/yes-we-still-need-banned-book-week/

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