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Modifié par Fabio the Senate :
12/3/2016 12:14:36 AM
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Thoughts on the banning of Huck Finn and To Kill a Mockingbird?
I think it's extremely stupid, and the hypocrisy in doing it is hilarious.
Basically there is one parent in a Virginia school who is worried the racial slurs in two books that are both huge cornerstones of anti-racism is racist. She's pretty much already won, seeing as no other parents are fighting against her on it.
Edit 1- Well, well, well. Look who's trending. Also, apparently it's isolated to only that school.
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Burn all the books!
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Bunch of pussies
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All books should be burned[spoiler]just read them on the iPad or kindle [/spoiler]
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8 commentairesfurther sensitizing our future generations
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Books are the devil!
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1 commentaireYou know, I've never read either of those books.
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Just another example of progressivism hindering critical thinking.
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Good book but over rated as a must read classic. Now it is just used as a fence by pc and right zealots to lob hand grenades over at one another and shit stir. A ton of better books for high school and college classes
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4 commentairesThe mother claims her son couldn't finish Huckaberry Finn since the racial slurs in it upset him to much. She goes on to say that the books validate the acceptance of the word n[b]i[/b]gger. Really? So lets just ignore the books' historical context and stance against racism. Removing them and censoring the word is to ignore history and racism.
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3 commentairesModifié par fangfireskull : 12/3/2016 2:44:27 AMIt will spread, I hope Trump brings the space program back, at this point I will happily go try to colonize mars or the moon just to get away from these people. Im terrified of space but I'm willing to face that fear.[spoiler]I love space, it's really cool and pretty, it is just terrifying, you can die in an instant. your in a void, all alone.[/spoiler] [spoiler]screw it, ill go to Russia or build my own space program. To get away from these people. Even though Russia would probably be good enough.[/spoiler]
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1 commentaireIt's utterly stupid and quite dangerous. Censoring history (even the unpleasant parts) will do more damage then good. I am a firm believer in what George Santayana said: [quote]Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.[/quote] I can only hope people will come to realize this before it's too late.
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Dear god, this again? How many times has some frothing soccer mom tried to get one of these two banned now?
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whenever this comes up i always say this and its so true, why woudld you want to kill a mocking bird in the first place
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Wasn't TKaMB already banned for this?
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4 commentairesWhen the first Harry Potter book came out there were a few ministers who wanted it banned and told their congregation not to allow their kids to read it. Wizards and magic = Satan worship. Dumb. There was a youth minister at my church who said playing Dungeons and Dragons could lead to demonic possession. Extremely dumb.
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Sounds like some special snowflakes just need some time in the sun... [spoiler]So they can melt away for all I care.[/spoiler]
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Get that Wrongthink out of here!
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RIP the world
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Does that mean they're gonna ban The Green Mile book too?
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Its really just another sign of the times. Liberal sensitivity is killing public education, free thinking and civil discourse.
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Parents are so sensitive these days
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How do you depict oppression without expressing/describing that oppression? Jeez.
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3 commentairesPeople like to ban [i]Of Mice and Men[/i], which saddens me. That book was amazing.
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Modifié par ChiefDevilEggs : 12/4/2016 6:08:41 PMRead em both in 5th grade...
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4 commentairesI dunno, on one hand Huck Finn contains language that's considered hateful now, you don't want to give the impression that it is [i]ever[/i] okay to use the n-word. In the other hand, that was the culture at the time; and I didn't get the idea that it was used hatefully, but it was still used disparagingly. It's the difference between what the word meant then, and what it means now; time has changed its context. Plus, if you're a black parent, you don't want your child thinking it's okay that people see them as lesser.
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[quote]One who does not learn history is doomed to repeat it. [/quote] -someone This lady is saying "Let's just remove all evidence of this kind of thing happening so we can all go back to having slaves! Yay!" [spoiler]second post lol[/spoiler]
