silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months 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-up1455arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1451arrow-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-23 months agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squaresnow_bunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up90·3 months 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-squareBakkoda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoSounds like those author’s free speech is being tread on.
minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months 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-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoWhat about abandoning them in a heavy traffic area?
minus-squarePhoenicianpirate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoThey love the original Nazi book burning. They destroyed decades of research into human sexuality, homosexuality, and transgenderism.
So, a book burning. Got it.
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.”
What about abandoning them in a heavy traffic area?
The book burners?
They love the original Nazi book burning. They destroyed decades of research into human sexuality, homosexuality, and transgenderism.