The Myth of Social Concensus

The Myth of Social Con-census is about a person that is trying to get rid of people abolishing books from local libraries or schools. She believes that books are the means by which people learn of the real world. She gives examples of reasons why some books are banned. Such as, because the book has too dark of a feel, talks too much about a religion, or it has sexual content. Many of the examples she presents cases from schools. There have been incidents where the school librarians have crossed out profanity from the pages of books. She wants to promote freedom of speech through books and if schools or, any one else for that matter, distort the material of a book; it is considered not allowing the author to express their ideas.
I agree with Tisdale to a point. I am totally for freedom of speech and freely expressing ones ideas, but I would not want my younger children to be aware of many of the horrible truths of the world until I figure that they are mature enough to handle it. I would not want my daughter reading books about teenagers having sex and thinking that it is ok to participate in sexual relationships before marriage just because the world has lowered its' standards. Not every one has to conform to they every one else acts.