Laurie Halse AndersonCensorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.
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Censorship is the child of fear, and the father of ignorance. Censorship limits personal freedoms because it limits your knowledge. With censorship, you are not able to figure out what information is true, or false. It’s just a bunch of opinions that are based on fear and ignorance.
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