A librarian in Portland made me rethink my stance on challenged nonfiction

I used to think any book with a challenge should stay on the shelf, no questions asked. But two years ago, a librarian at the Multnomah County branch told me about a local history book that had been pulled because it contained flat-out false claims about Native land treaties. She showed me the specific passages, and honestly, it read more like propaganda than documentation. Now I support keeping controversial fiction available, but I'm way more open to fact-checking nonfiction before defending it blindly. That one conversation shifted my whole view on how we separate censorship from quality control. Has anyone else drawn a line like that, or do you think even flawed nonfiction deserves full protection?

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