The American Booksellers Association issued an apology for a book criticizing the rise of gender surgeries, using arguments similar to those used by conservatives to ban certain titles. The controversy highlights the growing illiberalism even among liberals when it comes to free expression.
When the American Booksellers Association issued an apology about a book that decried the rise of gender surgeries , it leaned into the same arguments conservatives have used to ban certain titles. The hosts of a free giveaway of banned books gathered outside the Marriott hotel in Center City in June. When it comes to free expression , Jonathan Zimmerman writes, even liberals have become illiberal.person.
It’s an honest and forthright portrayal of the challenges facing sexual minorities in our society. I’m outraged that so many schools and libraries have banned or restricted it., which attributes the rise of gender surgeries among young women to “social contagion” — that is, to the messages these women are receiving — rather than to their inherent identities. That’s how I differ from some of my fellow liberals, who scream bloody murder about restrictions on books they love but seem perfectly happy to remove ones that they loath
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