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Lawrence Hall, HSG [email protected]              Never Mind the Guns and the Fentanyl; Seize the Books           By 1938, the Nazis had banned eighteen categories of books,           4,175 titles, and the complete works of 565 authors…                  -Molly Guptill Manning, When Books Went to War Ideologues search libraries for ***** books Because reading might give people ideas And encourage them to think for themselves Tyrants are threatened by words and ideas Censors search Mary Poppins for ***** words Because a wide vocabulary might give people ideas And encourage them to think for themselves Tyrants are threatened by words and ideas In an era when even mere literacy is suspicious Tyrants are threatened by words and ideas How conservative and liberal book bans differ amid rise in literary restrictions - ABC News (go.com) The Spread of Book Banning - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Film censors aren’t protecting children from Mary Poppins – they’re protecting themselves (yahoo.com) States Tell SCOTUS That Social Media Censors Conservatives : The NPR Politics Podcast : NPR List of banned films - Wikipedia https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/12/22/police-officer-searches-middle-school-library-after-complaint-about-concerning-illustrations-in-lgbtq-book/ Someone is cutting down free little libraries in a Chicago suburb and police are searching for the suspect (msn.com) Over 170 books banned from Florida school libraries following new education reform - CBS News The police officer who searched for a book in a Great Barrington classroom also used a body camera. The ACLU has ‘deep concerns’ | South Berkshires | berkshireeagle.com
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Feb 27, 2024
Feb 27, 2024 at 9:23 PM UTC
Never Mind the Guns and the Fentanyl; Seize the Books
Lawrence Hall, HSG [email protected]              Never Mind the Guns and the Fentanyl; Seize the Books           By 1938, the Nazis had banned eighteen categories of books,           4,175 titles, and the complete works of 565 authors…                  -Molly Guptill Manning, When Books Went to War Ideologues search libraries for ***** books Because reading might give people ideas And encourage them to think for themselves Tyrants are threatened by words and ideas Censors search Mary Poppins for ***** words Because a wide vocabulary might give people ideas And encourage them to think for themselves Tyrants are threatened by words and ideas In an era when even mere literacy is suspicious Tyrants are threatened by words and ideas How conservative and liberal book bans differ amid rise in literary restrictions - ABC News (go.com) The Spread of Book Banning - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Film censors aren’t protecting children from Mary Poppins – they’re protecting themselves (yahoo.com) States Tell SCOTUS That Social Media Censors Conservatives : The NPR Politics Podcast : NPR List of banned films - Wikipedia https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/12/22/police-officer-searches-middle-school-library-after-complaint-about-concerning-illustrations-in-lgbtq-book/ Someone is cutting down free little libraries in a Chicago suburb and police are searching for the suspect (msn.com) Over 170 books banned from Florida school libraries following new education reform - CBS News The police officer who searched for a book in a Great Barrington classroom also used a body camera. The ACLU has ‘deep concerns’ | South Berkshires | berkshireeagle.com
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Feb 27, 2024
Feb 27, 2024 at 9:23 PM UTC
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