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In fact, Bradbury walked out of a UCLA lecture because students booed him after he announced the tome had nothing to do government censorship and everything to do with a predominantly left-wing institution (TV), mulching our polity's grey matter into a porridge of mush.
At any rate, I had the chance to chat with the maestro in Ventura, California in 2003 for the 50th anniversary of Fahrenheit 451 (only because I bought the special reissue hardback for $50). I asked him to sign the fly-leaf not only with his signature, but also with my favorite line from the book: "Beware the tyranny of minorities." How prescient that 55 year-old admonition came to be.