1984 #2

I definitely see a connection between the censorship of our language and vocabulary today to Newspeak in 1984. I think it is nonsensical to remove some of the ideas and books from classrooms because they are deemed offensive or controversial. When a child is of age to their own decisions, they should have all the information necessary to make an informed decision on what they want to believe or not. Parents stepping in and making sure their kids don’t have books that teach a different way than they are brought up or have a child acting in a negative way, shouldn't have that right if the kid is at a certain age or if it must be taught to be informed. To have words such as soda banned and needing to be said as Coke or Pepsi because it’s “regional bias” is a little ridiculous; or hordes banned because it is in reference to immigrant groups. Nowadays people read too much into things. I doubt anyone would get offended by me saying I made a snowman instead of snowperson. I understand if it is actually discriminatory against a certain sex or racial group, but we should all think about what is really important in the world. Why shouldn't we be able to say the words we want, we are Americans right? This is the land of the free…including freedom of speech.