I just read in an article that the Harry Potter series is the most banned book in the United States because of religious purposes?!? Thoughts?
What are you talking about? Witchcraft wasn’t a brutal part of our history, because there is no such thing as witchcraft. The witch hunts were a brutal part of our history, but that isn’t why the books are banned.
The books are banned because there are some religious nutjobs who will start a moral panic over anything. It used to be about Dungeons and Dragons or Satanism in schools. Some teachers were actually fired for allegedly promoting Satanism. Obviously they weren’t actually promoting Satanism, because that’s stupid, but the people who start these kinds of panics aren’t known for their critical thinking skills.