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@cm0002@lemmy.world to Books@lemmy.world • 2 months 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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‘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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  • IninewCrow
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    34•2 months ago

    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.

    • @A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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      5•2 months ago

      ☝️ 🔔 🥇

    • @Apytele@sh.itjust.works
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      deleted by creator

  • @CPMSP@midwest.social
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    24•2 months ago

    Calvin and Hobbes? Wow.

    • @archonet@lemy.lol
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      17•2 months ago

      and Fahrenheit 451.

      Amazing, isn’t it?

      • @A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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        Oh the one about banning books (among other things currently happening IRL)?

        (sorry I just had to state the obvious here)

    • @A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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      Apparently not age appropriate. I wonder what specifically triggered the snowflakes?

  • @einlander@lemmy.world
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    9•2 months ago

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

  • PhobosAnomaly
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    6•2 months ago

    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.

    • Hanrahan
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      1•2 months ago

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

      We still have the bible for that /s

  • @lostoncalantha@lemmy.world
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    5•2 months ago

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

  • @PugJesus@lemmy.world
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    3•2 months ago

    What kind of monster bans Calvin and Hobbes!?

    • @HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4•2 months ago

      Authoritarians/Fascists. It’s not about the content of the books, it’s about the control of the people.

  • Ricky Rigatoni
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    3•2 months ago

    WHAT DID MAGIC TREEHOUSE DO?

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