I should add if some bastard bans a book or tells me I can't read it, I will 100% track it down and read it - as they are wanting to hide something from us - always.
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Amen to that
may 11, 2025, 10:18 pm • 1 0 • view
Maybe an idea worth realizing, "for banned books only": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_...
may 11, 2025, 6:40 pm • 1 0 • view
There were several efforts to ban this one. A lot of libraries won't carry it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrever...
may 12, 2025, 12:13 pm • 2 0 • view
You see they said books, this is propaganda-based kindling, easy mistake.
may 12, 2025, 1:06 pm • 0 0 • view
The point is, are we going to be consistent? Are we going to only tout books banned by "them", or are we also going to champion banned books we disagree with? If we are going to be okay with banning "propaganda", who decides that? Having such gatekeepers means we're okay with banning books.
may 12, 2025, 2:27 pm • 0 0 • view
Same with me
may 11, 2025, 8:19 pm • 4 0 • view
I didn't truly discover my love of reading until in the fifth grade when my school banned "Are you there God, it's me Margaret," by Judy Blume Amazing what happens when you tell a kid you can't do something. I've been a bookworm ever since
may 11, 2025, 10:28 pm • 5 2 • view
I make it a point to not just read but also to own all of the books that are banned anywhere.
may 11, 2025, 5:30 pm • 103 9 • view
Same. The reason I bought it to reread instead of borrowing from the library (which is, of course, also important to support). These voices must be kept alive.
may 11, 2025, 7:11 pm • 47 6 • view
My silent generation, father had a mild panic attack when he saw Mein Kampf on my book shelf. My argument was that I couldn’t be for or against something if I didn’t know what it was.
may 12, 2025, 6:59 pm • 1 0 • view
I agree and I have many of those books as well. It is also the reason I have Ayn Rand "Atlas Shrugged" and "Fountainhead" but those don't get a prominent placing on the shelf. We can't oppose what we don't know. It does give an impression though.
may 13, 2025, 1:17 pm • 1 0 • view
I am doing the same and there are a lot of them.
may 11, 2025, 10:05 pm • 2 0 • view
EXACTLY!
may 11, 2025, 5:01 pm • 2 0 • view
Good thing it hasn't been on the banned books list in a long time, you can buy it anywhere in the USA without an issue. There is even an audiobook and movie all available for you. It's not a banned book if you can get it on Amazon you fear mongering POS. Also read Steinbeck's A Russian Journal
may 11, 2025, 10:23 pm • 1 0 • view
Same. Did the very same with "Catcher in the Rye." Beautiful prose and story. I'M WITH THE BANNED!
may 11, 2025, 10:52 pm • 4 1 • view