The list of banned books is here

Read em while you can

128 points

Free speech in USA is a joke, it’s both poorly protected and poorly regulated at the same time. Worst of both worlds!

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So. I have this… Stance. Humanity has at no point evolved past tribalism. We all live in tribes. The tribe with the most power waxes poetic about the importance of free speech, but the truth is, they only allow as much free speech as allows their tribe to maintain their position. All the rest of our tribes can squabble over whatever remaining scraps of power are left after the controlling tribe is full up.

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That’s certainly true for some people.

But I don’t see the Democrats out there banning books.

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Speak for yourself. I’m all for banning ghostwritten books by conservative talking heads so they can launder money and game bestseller lists.

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90 points

Implementation guidelines say that banned materials must be “legally disposed of” and “may not be sold or distributed”.

So, a book burning. Got it.

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Sounds like those author’s free speech is being tread on.

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For Republicans it only counts when it’s their own free speech. After all, their psychology is “I get to tell you what to do but you don’t get to tell me what to do.”

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11 points

What about abandoning them in a heavy traffic area?

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12 points

The book burners?

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3 points

They love the original Nazi book burning. They destroyed decades of research into human sexuality, homosexuality, and transgenderism.

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75 points

WHAT.THE.FUCK.

Motherfuckin’ can’t read ‘Superfudge’ in Utah anymore? This is truly the darkest timeline.

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17 points

Really? I assumed it would be Are You There God it’s Me Margaret. What could they possibly find offensive about Superfudge?

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10 points

What could they be against a book that mentions God in the title?

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It’s about a girl and her friends discussing menstruation, and wishing they could menstruate, and being jealous of other girls who already menstruate, and praying to God that they menstruate soon. I can see where that would frighten pearl clutchers.

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“An entire book about a girl asking if God is there!? What a waste of time! The answer is ‘Yes, God is there.’. We just saved you like 10 hours! (Though sometimes he may let you suffer or die without ever showing himself. But he’s a silly ole God, and it was probably for your own good anyways.)”

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11 points

It’s listed in the article. It’s “Forever” by Judy Blume. Not sure that I’m familiar with it.

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54 points

“so, any progress on the school shooting problem?”

“nah, we needed to fix the superfudge problem. now we’re going to work on the pokemon problem. it doesn’t glorify god!”

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15 points

Pokemon don’t evolve! They become more intelligently designed!

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52 points

Why can’t we ever get rid of fascists? Every generation they try the same crap and get away with it.

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32 points

Because the same people taking away the rights are the ones saying that we can’t retaliate for taking away our rights.

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I suspect it’s just a personality type. Maybe we could use eugenics to get rid of this undesirable trait. Oh wait. Dammit

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13 points

Why can’t we ever get rid of fascists?

I believe this is where the second amendment comes in.

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4 points

100%

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Because they call themselves “conservatives” and insist they are legitimate, normal people with legitimate, normal viewpoints. This fools the normal people into a false sense of safety.

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It’s the paradox of tolerance.

Leftists want to be tolerant of different beliefs and fascists use that against them.

We need to stop tolerating the intolerable.

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