silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoUtah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban | State has ordered 13 books by seven authors, six of them women, to be removed from every public school classroom and librarywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1466arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: exmormon@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldbannedbooks@literature.cafeusnews@beehaw.orgpolitics@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1462arrow-down1external-linkUtah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban | State has ordered 13 books by seven authors, six of them women, to be removed from every public school classroom and librarywww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: exmormon@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldbannedbooks@literature.cafeusnews@beehaw.orgpolitics@sh.itjust.works
minus-squaresnow_bunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up93·1 month ago Implementation guidelines say that banned materials must be “legally disposed of” and “may not be sold or distributed”. So, a book burning. Got it.
minus-squareunalivejoylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoWhat about abandoning them in a heavy traffic area?
minus-squareBakkoda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoSounds like those author’s free speech is being tread on.
minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoFor 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.”
minus-squarePhoenicianpiratelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThey love the original Nazi book burning. They destroyed decades of research into human sexuality, homosexuality, and transgenderism.
So, a book burning. Got it.
What about abandoning them in a heavy traffic area?
The book burners?
Sounds like those author’s free speech is being tread on.
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.”
They love the original Nazi book burning. They destroyed decades of research into human sexuality, homosexuality, and transgenderism.