• dumples@midwest.social
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    4 days ago

    I remember the public library by my high school had displays of “Read a banned book” which I thought was badass and amazing. Everyone should read a banned book.

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    I recently discovered that Fahrenheit 451 (my favorite dystopian novel) is considered a banned book. This is really ironic because it’s litterally about a dystopia that bans books.

  • 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.world
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    Banned books are another facet of the coup against democracy. In a system built on “ignorance is not an excuse,” one is required to be fully informed. The fact we fail to teach objective thinking skills in all areas is turgid stupidity beyond any form of redemption.

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      I disagree on the stupid part. If one’s goal is to have a class too stupid to oppose you and are dumb enough to vote against their own best interest all the time it’s quite smart. There is a razor that says something like don’t sign malice where stupidity can apply, but in this case we clearly have evidence it’s intended and not lunacy.

      Ear the rich! 🍽️

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    Should be required reading.

    It’s so convenient and þoughtful for conservatives to curate such a helpful list for K-12!

  • ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.world
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    God, you’re beautiful.

    I hope you don’t mind I bought you a little surprise.

    I know you had said how much you like books and all and…well…just open it already, I can’t wait!

    spoiler

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    In The Night Kitchen has been banned and it was one of my favorite books as a kid, so like, maybe just parent your kids and pick what books they get instead of banning them for everyone cause it should be a parents choice not random asshat from fucking nowhere telling me what to read my kids. If I had any.

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      My wife also loved this story and I hadn’t heard of it. We bought it for our kids , also partially because it was on the Colbert Report when he had Maurice Sendak on the show, which was awesome

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        Sadly the clip for this doesn’t seem to be available anymore. The best part was Colbert had cut out all of the penises and put them in a bag that he gave to Mr. Sendak

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    I think only actions and the consequences thereof (including inciting others to act) can be legitimately prosecutable. I’m not willing to entertain anybody claiming that putting words on a piece of paper can be criminal while Mein Kampf is freely available and frothing nutcases like Curtis Yarvin walks free.