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This is a difficult subject and my instinct is that there are no right answers, only opinions (so let's be civil and acknowledge that there are multiple valid p
by trey-jones 4y ago
This is a difficult subject and my instinct is that there are no right answers, only opinions (so let's be civil and acknowledge that there are multiple valid points of view here).
This is the thing that I agree most with:
> The patrician urge of the sensitivity police to protect ethnic-minority children from certain words is infinitely more insulting to them than Dahl’s tales could ever be.
You'll find me generally on the side of preserving history as-is, and I'm against the loss of the original intent of the author, almost always. Mein Kampf should be available just as it was written, not so that the ideas may be passed on as valid and correct, but so that we remember and acknowledge that powerful people have put about these ideas in the past, and to give us some insight into why they might have done so. And let's not forget the consequences please.
However, I also have friends that I respect, who I think might be OK-with, or generally for this type of censorship (there's that pejorative language, not on purpose I promise). I still like them and I still respect them. I wish we could all just chill out a little. I would still say there are bigger fish to fry than this one right now anyway.
No, I'm not a minority child or even a fat old man, but this is still the opinion that I have.
- hanoz 4y agoI don't think it's uncivil though to say that there are in fact right and wrong answers and that some people's points of view are only valid insomuch as any point of view is, but they are still wrong. It's wrong to censor a black tractor, or change boys and girls to children or a supermarket cashier to a top scientist to further a social engineering agenda, just flat out wrong.
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- thiht 4y ago> Mein Kampf should be available just as it was written In France (and probably a lot of other countries), Mein Kampf is freely available with annotations. I think it's a good compromise to distribute the book as it was written, but with inline analysis explaining historical context, fallacies and everything worth noting about the text. If an old book is problematic or contains problematic language, it should be explained, not banned or censored.
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