silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agoAlex Haley’s “Roots” to be removed from Knox County Schools librarieswww.wate.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down10
arrow-up1110arrow-down1external-linkAlex Haley’s “Roots” to be removed from Knox County Schools librarieswww.wate.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareSupraMario@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 hour agoSo you’re ok with books that describe killing and gore but sex is off the table?
minus-squareSailorFuzz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·60 minutes agono, where did I ever say that? You’re just making up some le reddit level gotcha.
minus-squareSupraMario@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·34 minutes agoNo you said you’re ok with LOTR, which describes killing and gore, but you’re not ok with sex. So yes you did say that.
minus-squareSailorFuzz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 minutes agoare you trying to imply that because LOTR has violence, that it is a book primarily about killing and gore? What in the false equivalency bs is this? LOTR also Hobbits smoking pipeweed. Is it also a book primarily about drug use and addiction? Is Harry Potter a sports series because quidditch?
minus-squareblackbearjesus27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 minutes agoHow you fail to see that the line of thinking you have below doesn’t also extend to the books youre trying to censor (while only relying on things youve read instead of actual interactions) is insane to me.
So you’re ok with books that describe killing and gore but sex is off the table?
no, where did I ever say that? You’re just making up some le reddit level gotcha.
No you said you’re ok with LOTR, which describes killing and gore, but you’re not ok with sex. So yes you did say that.
are you trying to imply that because LOTR has violence, that it is a book primarily about killing and gore? What in the false equivalency bs is this?
LOTR also Hobbits smoking pipeweed. Is it also a book primarily about drug use and addiction? Is Harry Potter a sports series because quidditch?
How you fail to see that the line of thinking you have below doesn’t also extend to the books youre trying to censor (while only relying on things youve read instead of actual interactions) is insane to me.