Nothing is so grotesque, foolish, or wrong as trying to put blinders on young people's natural curiosity.
Excuse me for using explicit language here, but it seems to me that today's most vulgar expression of right-wing extremist dogma is its unhealthy obsession with banning books. It's a political perversion that, ironically, its participants usually rationalize by claiming they are "battling vulgarity."
Until recently, there were only a couple of hundred isolated book challenges a year in our entire country, and local school boards and city councils generally handled them properly — without starting an uncivil war. But now, attempted book bans are erupting everywhere, orchestrated by a few extremist political groups and a flock of opportunistic Republican politicians.
For example, a faction of right-wing Republicans wants to stop public discussion and actions involving two ideas they hate. No. 1: Racism always has been and still is a systemic problem in American society; and No. 2: LGBTQ people are a normal and welcome part of... well, ofAside from the raw ignorance behind the GOP's denial of these realities, consider the boneheadedness of their current campaign to impose their bigotry on America.
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