There is an old joke -- "they call it corruption in asian countries, they call it lobbying in western countries" Similarly here, they call it banned books in m

There is an old joke -- "they call it corruption in asian countries, they call it lobbying in western countries" Similarly here, they call it banned books in middle eastern countries, they call it anti-semitism in western countries. These studies like to discuss banned books in middle eastern countries because it helps people here feel good about deporting people for writing op-ed articles: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/tufts-student-from-turkey-threated-with-deportation-latest-palestinian-supporter-swept-up-in-crackdown https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/tufts-student-from-tur... they can create the image of our civilized world here in the west as compared to the "unfree" world in the middle east