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‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans (pen.org)
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[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I only read through Maus yesterday. I'm not sure what left me more haunted - some of the recollections, or the reading of Wikipedia about the camps and extermination afterwards.

It's a disgrace that reminders of past human mistakes and atrocities are suppressed.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

It's a disgrace that reminders of past human mistakes and atrocities are suppressed.

We still have the bible for that /s