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> From the USA, we get news of banned book in some states. When I read that, my head goes back to my european history, and I reach the Godwin point very quickly.

Books are not banned, just not used in the classroom anymore. While the reasons for it may be wrong, it's something that happens constantly all over the world. No one prevents children or adults to read those books at home. Banning books could mean that owning them is illegal and that just hasn't happened.

>>dx034+(OP)
Banning their use in classrooms is lesser but still a step on that path, and the same Republicans trying to do that are not going to stop at schools after they win but will rather see that as an invigorating first step in a long campaign. For example, book sellers in Virginia are currently fighting a lawsuit against an attempt which would ban private sales:

https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/07/06/free-speech-group...

>>dx034+(OP)
> Banning books could mean that owning them is illegal and that just hasn't happened.

Just within the last century it was illegal to send a copy of Ulyesses or The Canturbury Tales through US mail.

>>dx034+(OP)
Books are just information. Information gets banned all the time. Old-timers will remember this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Speech_Flag

>>ramble+nb1
In context I think it’s clear the comment was talking specifically about the books banned from classroom teaching in certain US states.