I agree with you on a lot of things, but equating (even slightly) government book banning with someone deciding whether or not to carry a book at their own store is a false equivalency. Today's "conservatives" cheer decisions when a person refuses to provide a service to a gay couple on "religious grounds," but decry a private party's d…
I agree with you on a lot of things, but equating (even slightly) government book banning with someone deciding whether or not to carry a book at their own store is a false equivalency. Today's "conservatives" cheer decisions when a person refuses to provide a service to a gay couple on "religious grounds," but decry a private party's decision not to carry a particular book. As for me, I abhor any government control of speech, but support an individual's (as well as a business's) decision not to carry a particular product.
I agree with you on a lot of things, but equating (even slightly) government book banning with someone deciding whether or not to carry a book at their own store is a false equivalency. Today's "conservatives" cheer decisions when a person refuses to provide a service to a gay couple on "religious grounds," but decry a private party's decision not to carry a particular book. As for me, I abhor any government control of speech, but support an individual's (as well as a business's) decision not to carry a particular product.