Let's Ban Censorship

 Banned Books Week 2025

October 5 - October 11, 2025

Author and Actor David Duchovny said the following at an American Library Association "How I Library" episode:

"If you cloister a mind, if you ban books that disagree with the prevailing sense of what is right or wrong, or what is religious or non-religious, or what is affecting young people or not affecting young people; if you cloister that mind you leave it weak and undefended.  

You have to go out into the marketplace of ideas to figure out which one wins for you.  

You can't spoon feed people.  

You can't spoon feed a culture."

Image and transcription from I Love Libraries @ https://ilovelibraries.org/.

Synonyms for 'ban':

prohibit

forbid

outlaw

discourage

prevent

halt

stop

bar

proscribe

enjoin

exclude

interdict

restrain

curb

deter

embargo

preclude

dissuade

veto

quash

rule out

block

silence

reject

suppress

disallow

shut out

repress

quell

deprive

subdue

hinder

impede

crack down (on)

inhibit

clamp down (on)

put down

check

squelch

crush

squash

debar

repudiate

obstruct

snuff (out)

Antonyms for 'ban':

permit

let

allow

approve

suffer

sanction

endorse

authorize

support

license

promote

warrant

encourage

forward

indorse

advance

order

bid

further

cultivate

licence

nurture

tolerate

command

nourish

endure

abide

bear

abet

countenance

brook

For Sunday Selfies, we have a visitor.

This is Pancake, a 'hood cat who is very friendly, and adorably cute!

Look at that one white whisker.

Let's Hop!