On April 22, I ordered a copy of 'The Camp of the Saints,' a book written in 1973 by French author Jean Raspail. That was the same day I wrote about the book for Townhall, because the leftists on Reddit were celebrating the fact that Amazon had tried to delist the book.
The book wasn't delivered until June 21, almost two months later. A week or so before its delivery, while I was still in Egypt, I received an email from Amazon asking me if I still wanted the book because of the shipping delay.
Not one to bend the knee to censorship-loving tyrants, I clicked on the link to confirm I would wait for the book, however long it took. It's now sitting on my desk and on my ever-growing reading list.
lefties wanted the book banned because Raspail was prescient. His book predicted a dystopian future where French and European society collapses under the weight of unchecked, unfettered Third World migration.
To preserve Western civilization, a few characters make a last stand against the destruction of their culture and world.
That seemed to ruffle leftist feathers, because they haven't met a Third Worlder they didn't want to bend over backward for, because to them being perceived as 'racist' is a worse crime than the rape of your women and girls or the obliteration of your society.
"I don't like book bans, but when the main idea of a book is 'maybe Western society isn't racist enough,' I can make an exception. This book is despicable trash," wrote one deranged Reddit user.
"I'm okay with banning Nazi rhetoric," said another.
But compare these ringing endorsements of actual censorship to the Left's pear-clutching over the decision by libraries — often at the behest of parents — to remove objectionable LGBTQ+ books, many of which are downright pornographic, and all of which are inappropriate for children.
Those curation choices are labeled the worst kind of censorship, some real 'Fahrenheit 451' or '1984' Orwellian type tyranny. Except there's one problem. Every single one of those books is still readily available on Amazon, in local bookstores, and at some libraries.
Just because a few places made the choice not to carry it, it does not mean the book is banned.
Amazon pulling the book from circulation, as it tried to do with 'The Camp of the Saints' and another conservative book, ironically titled 'The War on Conservatives' by YouTuber Mark Dice, was 'mistakenly' pulled on June 16.
Amazon said the book, which was published three years ago and sold thousands of copies, was removed because it 'might result in a disappointing customer experience.'
Sure, Jan.
But now the Left are clapping like seals as singer Dua Lipa put together a library of these so-called 'banned books' after 'global right-wing book censorship.'
🚨 Dua Lipa opens banned book library after global right-wing book censorship. pic.twitter.com/bnAJgpPpPa
— Democrats Deliver (@DemzDeliver) July 12, 2026
Gee, maybe adults who aren't Leftist perverts object to books that depict fisting and other sexual acts, especially when aimed at children. This includes a book by a top Democratic advisor, Morris Katz, aimed at prepubescent boys. Katz wanted the publisher to include a picture of his penis to 'get the point across' about puberty.
Ick.
Much to Katz's dismay, the publisher had the sense to deem such a request inappropriate.
Those are the kinds of books the Left want to hand your children.
Reading 'To Kill a Mockingbird' or Shakespeare, however, is racist and white supremacist.
But Lipa's little library proves one thing beyond a shadow of a doubt: there is no 'global right-wing book censorship.' Unless the Islamists turn up, no one is going to ransack the store, burn the books, or otherwise interfere with its business. Because most of us think that if a parent wants to expose their child to such depravity, as much as we disagree, it's not our call to make. The library will exist, no books will be banned, and life will go on.
If only the Left were as conciliatory.