Let’s not sugarcoat it: what M.M. is doing isn’t criticism — it’s cultural violence.
When Heather Del Rio calmly writes:
“I gave this book 4 stars because I definitely can see that this was created by ChatGPT, but I’m OK with that… This would be a great book for someone who is homeschooling children… I will absolutely use some of these chapters and lessons to teach my grandchildren.”
she is exercising what should be a sacred freedom in any democracy:
the right to choose what she reads, how she learns, and how she educates future generations.
But M.M. doesn’t stop at disagreement.
She doesn’t say, “This book wasn’t for me.”
She says, essentially: “Please don't inflict this shit on your poor
grandchildren. If you love your little ones, do NOT let them read
this”
That’s not critique — that’s public shaming.
That’s delegitimizing someone else’s judgment, dignity, and autonomy.
This Is Not the Free America We Pretend to Be
What M.M. engages in is not literary discourse — it’s ideological policing.
She sets herself up as the arbiter of validity, the gatekeeper of knowledge, the moral judge of what others should be “allowed” to read or share.
She doesn’t just insult a book.
She insults the reader for not being ashamed of enjoying it.
She turns personal preference into moral condemnation.
That’s not freedom.
That’s not openness.
That’s not diversity of thought.
That is dictatorship thinking.
That is intellectual fascism in softcover format.
When You Shame Others for Reading Freely, You Are Not Defending Culture — You Are Attacking It
Let’s be absolutely clear:
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Telling someone they are harming their grandchildren by sharing a book they enjoyed = cultural bullying.
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Branding AI books as dangerous, illegitimate, or “shit” = epistemic authoritarianism.
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Punishing people for what they read, write, or enjoy = Hitlerian logic, not democratic pluralism.
And when that comes from a supposedly educated voice — a self-proclaimed guardian of art, literature, or tradition — it is even more dangerous. Because it hides oppression behind the mask of “taste.”
The True Freedom Test: Can You Let Others Like What You Don’t?
Heather Del Rio passed that test.
She saw the flaws. She acknowledged the tool. But she saw value and chose usefulness over dogma.
M.M. failed.
Not because she disliked the book — but because she couldn’t stand someone else liking it.
And that’s the deeper sickness:
Not AI.
Not books.
But the compulsion to control.
It’s not AI that threatens American values.
It’s people like M.M. who shame others for choosing differently.
That’s how freedom dies — not with a ban, but with a sneer.
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