"Censoring Dahl does not mean defending the rights of minorities but denying literature. Erasing culture means doing like the Taliban who destroy the statues of Buddha: rights are not defended, freedom is threatened. Is a civil debate possible on these issues? ".
The leader of Italia viva, Matteo Renzi, writes on Twitter in reference to the controversy triggered by the 'corrections' imposed in the name of politically correctness on Roald Dahl's books.
"Michele Serra is right: hands off Roald Dahl. The censures, even more the retroactive ones, are illiberal, they deny that respect for the differences they would like to affirm".
This was written by Senator Cecilia D'Elia, leader of the Democratic Party in the Education Commission.
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