V. Conclusion The dissent accuses us of becoming the “Library Police,” citing a story by author Stephen King. But King, a well-known free speech activist, would surely be horrified to see how his words are being twisted in service of censorship. Per King: “As a nation, we’ve been through too many fights to preserve our rights of free thought to let them go just because some prude with a highlighter doesn’t approve of them.”14 Defendants and their highlighters are the true library police. Government actors may not remove books from a public library with the intent to deprive patrons of access to ideas with which they disagree. ... _____________________ 14 Stephen King, The Book-Banners: Adventure in Censorship is Stranger Than Fiction, THE BANGOR DAILY NEWS (Mar. 20, 1992), https://stephenking.com/works/essay/book-banners-adventure-in-censorship-is- stranger-than-fiction.html.
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