1-31A The Perverse Vulgarity of Book Banning

Excuse me for using explicit language here, but it seems to me that today’s most vulgar expression of right-wing extremist dogma is its unhealthy obsession with banning books. It’s a political perversion that, ironically, its participants usually rationalize by claiming they are “battling vulgarity.”

And, boy, are they hot to trot! There’s a surge of them these days, because stripping books out of schools and public libraries has become a favorite way for autocratic right-wingers.