AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND

Source: politico.com

Source: westword.com

Source: ocregister.com

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After the war, comics became a scapegoat for American cultural and social insecurities in the new Cold War world: juvenile delinquency; crime; violence; sexual promiscuity; homosexuality; and more. The anti-comics crusaders came from all walks of American life: teachers; parents; children; politicians; clergy; intellectuals; medical professionals; journalists; and civic leaders. They were men and women, boys and girls, young and old, black and white, urban and rural. Unsatisfied with merely limiting access to materials deemed to be objectionable, these comics opponents often sought to physically destroy comic books.

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Excerpt: The group was careful to avoid politics, she said, and instead focused on several key questions: Had the sandwich actually “exploded all over” CBP agent Gregory Lairmore, as he’d testified? (Specifically, they analyzed—and at times mocked—Lairmore’s claim that “I had mustard and condiments on my uniform, and an onion hanging from my radio antenna that night.”) What was Dunn’s intent in flinging the grinder? And what actually constitutes “bodily harm”?