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NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Books@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

‘State-driven censorship’: new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts

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‘State-driven censorship’: new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts

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NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Books@lemmy.world · 2 days ago
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Hundreds of titles are being pulled from library and classroom shelves in the Republican-dominated state
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    Might be faster to list books that aren’t banned

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      These nutjobs will only be happy when there is 1 book in every library: the bible. F them.

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        Don’t forget Mein Kampf.

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          I wish you were joking… I just went down a minor rabbit hole; Mein Kampf is clearly not generally banned in the USA and is “an important part of education if students learn about Hitler”, so not banned in many/most(?) school libraries either.

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        Now that’s an obscene book!

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        But the Bible is full of sex and violence! They want the edited version that’s all Peace (conditions apply), Love (conditions apply, but not age restrictions), and Rainbows (non-gay only)!

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