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In the United States, literary censorship spearheads the ideological war

2022-12-27T19:08:05.704Z


STORY - Over 2,500 books have been banned from schools and public libraries in many US states. “What is offensive literary content?”, wondered recently the great American novelist Stephen King. Huge question that has been tearing the United States apart for months. In the land of freedom of expression, the year was marked by an unprecedented wave of censorship of literary works. Publishing has become one of the nerve centers of the ideological war between the most radical wings of the Repub


“What is offensive literary content?”

, wondered recently the great American novelist Stephen King.

Huge question that has been tearing the United States apart for months.

In the land of freedom of expression, the year was marked by an unprecedented wave of censorship of literary works.

Publishing has become one of the nerve centers of the ideological war between the most radical wings of the Republican camp and the Democratic camp.

Each party claiming to fight against the indoctrination and perversion of children, exposed according to them to shocking stories and images, to violent or pornographic remarks.

Over the seasons, more than 2,500 book references have been banned and removed from schools, universities and public libraries across a dozen states,

In this month of December, it's the turn of the librarians...

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