not all of us did. I certainly didn’t

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must be you 🤔🤔tf

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Idk about everyone, but I def didn’t vote for him. Believe me or not that’s your choice

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Anonymous #4 8w

queer and ethnic minorities 😕

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Anonymous #4 8w

And sexual education

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plenty are in certain states. I can give you a list if you’d like.

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in one of my classes for my education major we literally had a unit on banned books, you’d be surprised how many books are banned and the reasons behind it (for example the book goodnight moon was banned from 1947-1972 because it was “too sentimental”)

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are you paying any attention?

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Some people here weren’t even old enough to vote for him?!? 🥀

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restricting access to literature for any reason is authoritarian fascism and you cannot call yourself educated if you take literally any other stance

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What I don’t like about the banned book crowd is my highschool library just collected a bunch of explicit erotica that was removed from other school libraries and neglected any real banned/restricted books.

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Jesus christ, I struck a nerve didn’t I? Banning Mein Kampf might not be as great of a thing as you’d think. Is it a horribly deluded manifesto about horrible things? Yes, of course, but allowing it to be publicly accessible allows for it to be studied and recorded as history, which are both important parts of a functioning free society.

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Give a single good reason to ban a book.

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Anonymous #9 8w

The word “fascist” has lost ALL meaning in today’s world.

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Banning a book about political ideology sets a precedent that other ideologies are bannable too. This is extremely dangerous and can get out of hand

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PLEASE LOOK UP THE BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN BANNED IN MILITARY SCHOOLS AND WHY!!!! my lord.

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what i don’t like is you clearly have no idea what is going on.

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performative? that’s so funny bcs how do you spread the word without advocating for it? also, we are in a literacy crisis rn, I don’t think that we should be banning books

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Anonymous #6 8w

Not only did you dodge the question you deleted your comments 😂

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Anonymous #12 8w

this is the literal realistic play of fahrenheit 451.

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Anonymous #13 8w

who’s even talking to you?

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Anonymous #2 8w

Oooh that touched a nerve huh. Too busy thinking the great gatsby is a banned book lol pick up some real stuff

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Anonymous #13 8w

I’m just curious if you’ve read that book? Bc a ton of people will bring up books like camp of the saints as counter points but haven’t even read and finished them

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Anonymous #13 8w

camp of the saints is a mediocre manifesto/novel written by a moron with the emotional maturity of a 12 year old and for that reason alone it should be much more widely read than it is.

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Anonymous #16 8w

mein kampf has never gone out of print and it’s still widely read and discussed in schools and included in college curriculums so yeah why wouldn’t they?

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Anonymous #17 8w

because loooots of “banned book!” people really just mean “mildly controversial center-to-left-wing literature that has never actually been banned” instead of “book that will get you arrested in european democracies”

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Anonymous #16 8w

idk what your point is. I feel like most people here are totally anti-censorship no matter the book? what are you trying to say

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Anonymous #16 8w

No book should be banned, and most “banned book!” people agree with that. Even the most despicable books are necessary to give us a full picture of history, so that we move forward without making the same mistakes

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Anonymous #14 8w

yeah because if you’re seeking out smth like Mein Kampf and somehow accidentally get negatively influenced by it, then that’s on you for not reading more related/opposing material 😭 people treat books like cognito hazards sometimes istg

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Anonymous #14 8w

i agree but i’ve often seen people say the opposite so i was just asking because the majority seems to believe otherwise, outside of this comment section

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Anonymous #18 7w

This is objectively untrue in so many ways but I can tell exactly what type of person you are. Go read a fucking book actually and get your head out of the sand.

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Anonymous #15 7w

He’s right lmao. At the Barnes and noble “banned books” table they had the great gatsby lmao. All of it is surface level milquetoast slop for middle aged book club moms to feel good about reading.

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Anonymous #15 7w

Show me a single book in this country that isn’t allowed to be printed and distributed. A company or public entity choosing to not distribute a book is not it being banned. I want to know a book that could lead to me being arrested for owning it. 1984 is a “banned book” yet somehow it is such common knowledge that it is referenced by illiterate people that haven’t touched a book since the 3rd grade. It’s all marketing and you fell for it

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Anonymous #18 7w

You are fundamentally not understanding what banned books are. If the government, state, local, or federal, is restricting access of books in public institutions like libraries and schools (to some degree—not having smut at schools is more because of age group rather than censorship) then a book is effectively banned. Private companies printing and selling it is not public access when there is a monetary barrier. And there are many books by BIPOC and lgbtq+ authors that are being legally banned.

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Anonymous #18 7w

And I’m not even going to get into what they are trying to do with Internet access to reading sites because there is so much to unpack there. You can ignore what states are trying to do with censorship of materials by marginalized all you want, but it doesn’t make it less true and less edging toward a slippery downhill slide. And pretending it’s just a liberal marketing scheme isn’t going to save anyone when voters’ voices continue to be ignored. You’ll be affected by censorship laws too.

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Anonymous #15 7w

Bro public libraries have zero obligation to have books on transgender sex theory or whatever garbage you want them to have. That isn’t censorship. Nobody is “banning books” because the color of the author you moron. You don’t understand the definition of “banned”. If a library not carrying 50 shades of grey because of sexual content is censorship then Walmart not carrying ammunition is an infringement on the second amendment

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Anonymous #18 7w

Would you say it’s okay if a school or library didn’t want to carry “the international Jew”, “mein kampf”, or any book written by any prominent Neo Nazi organization/white supremacist group? Or is that “not the same” to you? Just because something is difficult to access doesn’t mean it’s banned. Also don’t pretend like you even care about censorship or freedom of speech you only care if the book getting “banned” is left of center or is authored by someone you perceive as marginalized.

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Anonymous #18 7w

I’m done engaging with you. Enjoy the block, bigot.

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Anonymous #15 7w

Left wingers can’t even handle civil dialogue. They haven’t thought about their position enough to even consider there might be other rational arguments for their opposition’s beliefs

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Anonymous #18 7w

all these words and yet no sense?? and the examples you provided— have you read a single one of them? please stfu. or, if you want to continue to argue, please educate yourself

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Anonymous #13 7w

“civil dialogue” and it’s someone throwing accusations and making up what “banned books” means just to excuse their own bigotry lmao

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Anonymous #13 7w

really rich to see the “civil conversation” line come from someone who’s other comments have exclusively been assumptions and insults, but right wingers can’t handle civil dialogue nor resist hypocrisy lol

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Anonymous #2 7w

Is this a counter argument?

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Anonymous #18 7w

what does your tiny brain tell you?

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Anonymous #2 7w

It tells me you couldn’t form an actually response so you just fell back on calling me stupid. It’s kinda cute when you think about it

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Anonymous #13 7w

The “civil dialogue” in question 💀

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