"silly thing" in my comment is a euphemism. I agree it's not good to ban books frivolously. I said it in my original comment, so I think you should understand that I agree with this view.

What I'm questioning is whether the ever ratcheting level of outraged dialogue is the optimal response. We have been trying that for the last decade or two and it doesn't seem to be moving us in the right direction. Maybe it's time to try something else.

Yes it can be, it depends of course on scale. If the Johnson family bans a book from their household, it's silly and turning a blind eye to it (i.e. just letting them run their house the way they want) is not silly.

If the US government bans a book, we should be (figuratively) marching in the street with pitch forks.