# Why are Christian Bookstores Allowed to Ban Books? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 5, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-christian-bookstores-allowed-to-ban-books/937271 "2021-03-05T15:24:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 90
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-christian-bookstores-allowed-to-ban-books/937271/90 "2021-03-05T19:19:22Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I find it hard to argue that Amazon has an obligation to sell books by David Duke or those glorifying pedophilia, otherwise freedom of speech is somehow going down in flames. Amazon does need to be more transparent and consistent in what it removes from the site or doesn’t sell. Maybe not. I heard they sell Mein Kampf, though. The original plan is what I’d like to see more of these companies commit to. There’s a lot of worries about misinformation these days, and that’s understandable, but anything that looks like censorship or trying to hide the truth just increases mistrust and makes people more willing to believe alternative sources. I’ve seen this in action. And beyond that, the people making the decisions on what to suppress are far from infallible, and are as likely to be proved wrong by the passage of time as right. Having the process be so arbitrary just makes it all worse. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-christian-bookstores-allowed-to-ban-books/937271)._