Irony Is Often Very Ironic, Book-Ban Edition

It took just three days.

After drag performer RuPaul announced the creation of a “no censorship” Allstora bookstore, censorship was back with a vengeance after many on the left learned that free speech meant that opposing views might be sold at the site.  While the sentiment was appealing, it became intolerable when activists noted that a “no censorship” store would mean that they could not censor others. ...

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Lady Bunny asked “Why not just stop selling what many on the left consider to be hate speech?”

That is all that it took. 

Ed Morrissey

This is absolutely hilarious. And I will bet that these same idiot activists will never admit that book "bans" didn't exist in the first place. Allstora can choose which books to sell, just as other bookstores can do. A refusal to carry a certain book is not a "ban" in any sense of the word; it is curation to the tastes of the targeted consumer set. The same is true for libraries, especially children's libraries, where curation includes considerations of appropriate content for certain ages. 

The US hasn't banned a book in decades; people can buy whatever books they want, and sellers can sell them. The apotheosis of this inanity was watching booksellers craft stands of "banned" books for sale, which immediately discredited their entire argument. Let's hope the 3-day arc at Allstora does the same thing. 

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