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In my view it is certainly a step too far to blame loss of market share on books being too boring because of political correctness. Certainly there are many politically correct books, particularly so in Ya Fiction. Young people, at least anecdotally, have a much higher percentage with liberal views, and it could well be that this is simply catering for what the market demands. Fortunately it would appear that it is a very small percentage of self-styled activists who are so intolerant and so diligent in seeking out offence that are driving these crusades. I'm sure that some but not all of these young people will be embarrassed by their actions in future years. I am disappointed that so many seem prepared to stay silent and even condemn based only on the work of some of these zealots. But then, we were all young once.
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