Everyone whines about the censoriousness of the left and the things you can’t say any more and all that, and sometimes the people doing that whining have a point, but from what I can see it’s mostly the right in the US that’s actually trying to stops books being made available, withdrawing them from libraries, etc. Including DICTIONARIES. But now Ron DeSantis’ war against the printed word has affected professional right-wing shit Bill O’Reilly:
Conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly fumed against a Florida school district’s decision to pull two of his books while officials determine whether they run afoul of a state law he supported.
Escambia County School District has at least temporarily removed more than 1,000 titles from its shelves because those books have been “alleged to contain pornography or obscene depictions of sexual conduct.” Those include O’Reilly’s Killing Jesus: A History and Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the law in March 2022. […]
O’Reilly said he still supports the law, but added that the removal of his books is an abuse of the law.
“This will not stand!” he also gibbered on Twitter, where he has not attracted a lot of sympathy…
The worst thing, of course, is that Billo’s books will most likely be cleared, so this will just be a temporary glitch while young people are still kept safe from Anne Frank’s diary. Still, it may be temporary but I find it kind of hilarious even so, and I’m sure that somewhere Keith Olbermann is in hysterics over this story…
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