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Lovie777

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1. There is social media . . ...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 10:41 AM

Nov 2021

so reading books of any kind won't stop. This reminds me of history ya know that pesky history wherein Whites did not allow Slaves to learn how to read.

I rest my case.

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Goddard school district orders 29 books removed from circulation [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 OP

There is social media . . ... Lovie777 Nov 2021 #1

Well, of course they would ban "Handmaid's Tale." Girard442 Nov 2021 #2

I'm a bad parent. At least a quarter of those books were on our home bookshelves ... marble falls Nov 2021 #3

My exact thought. Ban books by women. Maybe that's one element of a lawsuit. ratchiweenie Nov 2021 #7

Intentional or not it certainly speaks to someone's bias. marble falls Nov 2021 #8

Sounds like some "Cancel Culture" stuff by QublicOns who rail against "Cancel Culture" KS Toronado Nov 2021 #4

It's only "cancel culture" when someone ELSE AleksS Nov 2021 #5

My wife is a Young Adult Librarian at a public library. patphil Nov 2021 #6

Friend of mine teaches in this district... bahboo Nov 2021 #9