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In this week’s episode of #ReaderRepublic, we explore another form of #censorship, something arguably more insidious. This directly impacts book authors and other content creators, and severely limits what you can see, hear, and read.
Is Ron DeSantis still doing that book banning malarkey in Florida? I’m thinking of adding some triggers in my next book, so I can get “Banned In Florida!” on the cover.
What’s likely to set him off? A competent Democratic governor of Florida?
The Index Librorum Prohibitorum was a list of books banned by the Catholic Church because they were “dangerous to faith or morals.”
But the Church didn’t fear books. It feared loss of control. Books were just the delivery system.
https://markoneillgdp.substack.com/p/the-index-librorum-prohibitorum-the
Your brain doesn’t like stories the way it likes chocolate. It needs them the way it needs oxygen. Humans are not rational creatures who enjoy a good story. We are storytelling machines that pretend to be rational.
https://markoneillgdp.substack.com/p/your-brain-doesnt-just-love-stories
Today's clothes in the "stop looking like a caveman" project. Someone told me I look like a "gay James Bond." Someone else said "Guilty or not guilty?".
FFS. I'm going back to walking around naked.
Here's the ugly truth about censorship and book banning. It's not only governments that do it. It's also done by ordinary people who don't like what they see and hear.
https://markoneillgdp.substack.com/p/why-people-secretly-support-censorship
They may not call it censorship, but it is - just under a name they can live with.
Most people assume underground publishing only appears under dictatorships.
But that assumption misses something important. Underground publishing doesn’t actually begin with censorship. It begins with distrust.
Reader Republic is where I explore the the banned books, the controversial novels, and the moments when a piece of fiction frightened the people in charge. Throw in underground publishing and you will find yourself with a damn good read.
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