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Originally Posted by Paperbackstash
The danger in this is publishers drop author contracts based off the cancel culture trends on Twitter as well. It can become uncomfortably close to the old days of book censorship and book burning. People argue with me it is not, but I point out books were banned by parent groups in schools in the days of old for their thoughts at the time on what was wrong or inappropriate. If a book is boycotted by some readers by personal choice, fine, but for the books to be dropped or pulled until we keep getting them out of the mainstream availability line or circulation, we'll eventually we left with only some views to buy/read. That really is censorship and speaks of virtual book burning. Books used to be burned to get them out of circulation and the public availability, we just do it different ways now.
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There was a case that went to court about a group of parents wanting a book about two male penguins taking care of an orphaned egg to be removed from the school library. The parents lost the case.