I beg to differ with JoAn Karkos. I know exactly what’s going on at the public libraries of Lewiston and Auburn.

Books are being made available to anyone who chooses to read them. The public is being allowed to educate themselves. What shouldn’t be going on at the libraries is censorship. That’s exactly what Ms. Karkos is trying to do by refusing to return the books she borrowed.

No one has the right to decide what I or my children can or can’t see at the library except me. Ms. Karkos has every right not to read or allow her children to read the books she finds “horrifying,” but she does not have the right to keep them from others.

The country I choose to live in was founded on many great principles, not the least freedom of speech. If Ms. Karkos would like to live where censorship is an acceptable practice, there are many countries to choose from.

I am proud to see that so many people are standing against Karkos’ actions by choosing to read the book and offering to buy copies for the library. They deserve thanks.

I stand with them.

Robin St. Jean, Auburn