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cm0002@lemmy.world to Books@lemmy.world · 1 day ago

‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans

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‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans

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cm0002@lemmy.world to Books@lemmy.world · 1 day ago
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‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans - PEN America
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The removals in Tennessee are the result of a growing political movement to control information through book banning.
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    WHAT DID MAGIC TREEHOUSE DO?

  • PugJesus@lemmy.world
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    What kind of monster bans Calvin and Hobbes!?

    • HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Authoritarians/Fascists. It’s not about the content of the books, it’s about the control of the people.

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    Every time you find out the reasons why or figure out the criteria of why the ban is in place for any book … the Christian Bible should also be banned for the same reasons.

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    Calvin and Hobbes? Wow.

    • archonet@lemy.lol
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      and Fahrenheit 451.

      Amazing, isn’t it?

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    This country has a lot to reconcile if responsible adults ever get back in power and start fixing things.

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    I only read through Maus yesterday. I’m not sure what left me more haunted - some of the recollections, or the reading of Wikipedia about the camps and extermination afterwards.

    It’s a disgrace that reminders of past human mistakes and atrocities are suppressed.

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      It’s a disgrace that reminders of past human mistakes and atrocities are suppressed.

      We still have the bible for that /s

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    Every time you see a book ban, buy or download the book for posterity.

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