BLOCKED Banned Books In The Digital Age
When I was in school I remember hearing about people trying to ban books like 1984, Animal Farm, Fahrenheit 451, and Of Mice And Men. I'm not the hugest free speech advocate, but I do have a bachelor's degree in liberal arts and I write books, so I suppose I'm more invested in the concept of free speech in the United States than most people. I also worked for GreenPeace for years asking people to write letters to Congress, but I understand that we don't really have free speech in America, just like we don't have democracy, we only have the appearance of free speech, and the appearance of democracy. Don't get me wrong, on the local level democracy is in action in the United States, but the Electoral College system means that there is not one person one vote in the United States when it comes to federal elections. And ever since they made senators stop representing the state's rights they have no real purpose, so are still insulated from the gene...