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Well, yes, it is clearly a thing in the USA [1]. I hope I get you right, but you seem to insinuate that somebody else is worse and therefore its not "an America
by ndr42 2y ago
Well, yes, it is clearly a thing in the USA [1]. I hope I get you right, but you seem to insinuate that somebody else is worse and therefore its not "an American thing"?
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_censorship_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_censorship_in_the_United_...
- squigz 2y ago> Censoring raw information seems like such a seppo thing and I really dont want it imported. This implies it's primarily or originally an American thing - ignoring literally thousands of years of censorship by countries all over the world, very likely including GP's own.
- ndr42 2y agoI had to look up what "seppo" is. Now I get why you were offended. I just would have thought that a nation that's proud of its first amendment and build on the foundations of enlightment would not go down to the darkness where others for "literally thousands of years" had been.
- squigz 2y agoI'm not offended, because I'm not American. I just thought it was absurd to think this was a somehow uniquely American thing. I'm also not sure why you quoted that bit of my response - we have indeed been burning books for thousands of years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_burning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_burning
- protocolture 2y ago[flagged]
- protocolture 2y ago"US supreme court leans toward religious parents who object to elementary school LGBT storybooks The US supreme court appeared inclined to rule in favor of parents in Maryland seeking to keep their elementary school children out of certain classes when storybooks with LGBT characters are read, Reuters reports."