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Censorship? YA Author Ellen Hopkins 'Uninvited' To Festival Over Controversial Book

First Posted: 08/19/10 02:04 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:25 PM ET

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Some commenters have said that because Hopkins' books are available in the libraries, this is not censorship, but a matter of judgment. That festival organizers can invite who they want.

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Some commenters have said that because Hopkins' books are available in the libraries, this is not censorship, but a matter of judgment. That festival organizers can invite who they want.
Some commenters have said that because Hopkins' books are available in the libraries, this is not censorship, but a matter of judgment. That festival organizers can invite who they want.
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Ogden192
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01:55 AM on 08/21/2010
No mention that the parents read the books before protesting the author's invite. Sad.
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FarOutFish
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10:38 PM on 08/20/2010
It's sad to see it's not just commentators here who don't understand "Freedom of Speech."

"The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think" Oliver Wendell Holmes
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05:12 PM on 08/19/2010
One more reason to be glad I don't live in Texas. This is ridiculous. I'm glad to see other authors refusing to participate in this event.
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