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Perhaps it hasn’t crossed her mind that other people do have a right to their opinions. What she considers artistically valuable other people can legitimately hold to be offensive. Additionally, volunteers cannot be made to do anything they don’t want to do; in this case, RFBD volunteers cannot be forced to look at and record material they deem objectionable. This situation is not about censorship, i.e., the forcible suppression of ideas or materials by a person or group, but rather a difference of aesthetic judgment and freedom of conscience. By her own admission, RFBD has recorded “a lot of queer books” for her, indicating an overall tolerance of divergent ideas by both the organization and its members.
Indeed, “this is an odd world we live in” when an ingrate like Dawn is contemptuous towards the very people she relies upon because they are not in total agreement with her.
