LETTERS: ‘Howe was inspiring, remarkable’ person; ‘Understanding is better than censorship’

‘Howe was inspiring, remarkable’ person

To the Democrat:

I read with much interest the three “Looking Back” articles by Pauline Hoover about Brown County resident Fern Howe. For several years she was a neighbor of mine down in the valley off T.C. Steele Road.

Fern Howe and Dora Connor, circa 1988. Submitted by Rachel Perry.

She was an inspiring and remarkable lady.

Rachel Perry, Nashville

 

 

 

‘Understanding is better than censorship’

To the editor:

The Brown County Public Library, one of the best public libraries in Indiana, recently set up a white board near the entrance to allow patrons to jot down things they would like to see at the library in the coming year. I was surprised to see that someone had written there “No more LGBTQ+ books.”

I respectfully disagree, because limiting the availability of information about people and cultures that are different than our own is what causes prejudice, misunderstandings, and violence.

To promote the common good, we must resist censorship and the suppression of freedom of speech, for these restrictions lead to dictatorship and the destruction of values we share as citizens.

Our library is one of the public institutions in our community that supports freedom, and we can make our own individual decisions about which books we want to borrow from the library.

Carol Marks, Nashville

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