This is not a laughing matter. The MAGAtistas also plan to rewrite history, which brings to mind the famous Orwellian dictum, "Who controls the present controls the past." Needless to say, objectivity and adherence to facts have been flushed down...
Several of my own titles (fiction) have been banned for digital distribution (though mercifully, a couple of retailers will permit me to sell them).
Bottom line: censorship is alive and well in Trump's America. First they ban books; then they burn them. My fear is that they'll burn authors after that...
As it happens I looked up 3 people mentioned in your essay who I had never heard of. Interesting people to ban. It will not be necessary to reciprocate in future against the right’s favourite “thinker” - Curtis Yarvin. He self censors in that his writing verges on illiteracy.
Banning books gives them a cachet that over the long term will have to opposite effect than the intended. Whilst is full of chaff there is also wheat in there in abundance. These weird “Christian” nationalists should ban Christ as a dangerous radical socialist.
This is not a laughing matter. The MAGAtistas also plan to rewrite history, which brings to mind the famous Orwellian dictum, "Who controls the present controls the past." Needless to say, objectivity and adherence to facts have been flushed down...
Several of my own titles (fiction) have been banned for digital distribution (though mercifully, a couple of retailers will permit me to sell them).
Bottom line: censorship is alive and well in Trump's America. First they ban books; then they burn them. My fear is that they'll burn authors after that...
or deport them
As it happens I looked up 3 people mentioned in your essay who I had never heard of. Interesting people to ban. It will not be necessary to reciprocate in future against the right’s favourite “thinker” - Curtis Yarvin. He self censors in that his writing verges on illiteracy.
Banning books gives them a cachet that over the long term will have to opposite effect than the intended. Whilst is full of chaff there is also wheat in there in abundance. These weird “Christian” nationalists should ban Christ as a dangerous radical socialist.
The book "Zealot" was excellent.