Anonymous #1 12h

not all of us did. I certainly didn’t

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Anonymous OP 12h

Yeah, yeah, that’s what everyone says; someone’s gotta be lying.

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Anonymous #1 12h

must be you 🤔🤔tf

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Anonymous #1 11h

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 9h

queer and ethnic minorities 😕

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Anonymous #4 9h

And sexual education

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Anonymous #5 9h

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

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Anonymous #5 9h

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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Anonymous #5 9h

are you paying any attention?

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Anonymous #1 9h

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

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Anonymous OP 8h

Mostly for good reason. But by “in certain states” you mean you’re unable to get your hands on a physical copy in stores, you can still buy books online like most people. The concept of “banned books” is largely a complete farce

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Anonymous #5 8h

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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Anonymous #9 8h

Governments regulate things for all types of reasons, some good and some bad. Banning literature isn’t some grandiose attack on free-speech as so you desperately believe. Government overreach at times, yes. Authoritarian fascism? Mostly not the case.

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Anonymous #9 8h

Apparently you believe government regulating media distribution industries to any capacity = authoritarian censorship? I think Mein Kompf should be banned, and I don’t believe a local government stepping in to do so is necessarily fascism at all.

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Anonymous #9 8h

Don’t use the word “educated”. You’re completely stupid.

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Anonymous #9 8h

You should honestly look in the mirror in shame because of how stupid you are.

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Agreed. It’s not fascism in restricting certain media or stifling free speech as much as I disagree w/ it. It’s a completely deluded take.

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Anonymous #5 7h

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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Anonymous #5 6h

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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Anonymous #5 6h

Give a single good reason to ban a book.

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Anonymous #9 4h

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

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Anonymous #5 4h

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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Anonymous #6 4h

Give me a good reason on why we should censor free speech on apps like Twitter.

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Anonymous #11 4h

I think you’re looking at a physical book as something sacred and ignoring the broader information industrial complex currently. The government can censor free speech for many reasons, whether on apps, media, or yes, physical copies of books. That doesn’t make this authoritarian fascism buzzword buzzword buzzword.

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Anonymous #9 4h

So his free speech on social media then. Like I said earlier, you’re looking at book as something uniquely sacred and exempt from censorship, while other forms of media are completely censorable for any reason. I bet you’d concede that social media should have some sorts of limitations on harmful ideology, hmm? These are all informational systems- government can step in at any time and for any reason— it’s not fascism lol 😆

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Anonymous #6 4h

Literally the same reason government may limit free speech laws on social platforms.

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Anonymous #11 4h

“BaNnIng LiTeRaTuRe Is FuCkInG aUtHoRiTaRiAn FuCkInG fAsCisM dUdE i WaTcH hAsAn PiKeR”

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Anonymous #9 3h

I think we’re talking past each other: in short, I believe those who champion reading such banned literature treat books in particular as some form of empirical truth, that they must read this piece of literature because the government has censored it, which is not the case. I don’t personally believe in book banning, but I don’t see why it elicits this blowback from progressives who would otherwise want to censor other forms of media consumption.

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