I disagree with this. It is a very, very big stretch to try and pretend that individual libraries and schools taking out books is the same as a federal ban. The former means you can’t access that book in that specific building from that specific institution, however, you can very easily and freely get it anywhere else. The latter means that you cannot access that book anywhere in the country and possessing it could result in legal punishments. While both of these situations suck, they are not at all comparable.

I also think it’s important to note that the vast majority of the book banning discourse is fueled by paranoid conservative parents in conservative areas who think that books containing explicit sexual content is corrupting their children. It’s stupid and worthy of criticism for sure, however, that’s still not the same as what you’re saying that it is, which is that the books being banned are covering up the things the government is doing.

I’m against these low level book bans as much as the next guy, but we have to be honest about what the scope and content of the discourse.