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And the word was made flesh

September 5, 2008 - 12:09 pm - by Richard Fernandez
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2008-09-07 05:27:58

Benj said: “Ms. Palin had a widely reported run-in with her town’s librarian when she tried to pressure the lady over how/what materials would be available at that local institution.”

Sarah Palin did not try to ban or burn any books. All libraries select books from the millions of available books. Sarah Palin wished to de-select some books that were selected by the librarian, but she did not try to have any books burned or pressure publishers not to publish – that would be the mark of a true book-banner. No doubt Sarah Palin would select some books that the librarian in question wouldn’t select, so by the same token, doesn’t that make the librarian a book banner by this same faulty reasoning?

Without the use of reason we will sink into despotism by slow decrements. “World Socialists” i.e.: Democrats like Benj, are counting on liberty-loving Americans to be stupid; not to think; to be sheep.