Brooklyn Public Library offers access to banned ebooks to teens across the U.S
I like to use "The Turner Diaries" as a kind of litmus test for people who don't want to ban books.  I notice that, while all of the books this article calls out specifically are available at the Brooklyn Public Library - per their online catalog, "The Turner Diaries" is not and neither are any books by its author - either his real name or pseudonym.<p>The Turner Diaries, for reference, is a white supremacist novel that is thought to have inspired the Oklahoma City Bombing.  It's a pretty famously banned book.<p>The reason I like to use this as a litmus test is that people often say something like "I'm against banning books" but what they mean is "I am for things I like".  That's not surprising, almost everyone is for things they like.  If you were really against banning books then it's strange that you only take this position for literature you like.<p>I personally don't think The Turner Diaries should be made available to children and teens.  I don't see what good that would do.  But then, I also don't go around saying I'm against book banning.  I think some books are appropriate for young people and some aren't and that we should ban the inappropriate books from contexts where young people would plausibly encounter them.