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A thought provoking piece. A thread to follow:
01:53 PM - Feb 04, 2024
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Carol D ☮️
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My initial reaction was to think (as a former JOU major) that if we are going to oppose book banning, we sadly have to allow material like this on the shelves. We can’t cry fowl only when it benefits our viewpoint, I presumed. (Throw in the free speech aspect as well…)
01:55 PM - Feb 04, 2024 (Edited)
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Carol D ☮️
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But another friend pointed out that (as a former victim of emotional and verbal abuse herself) she could see the gaslighting and manipulation being used by the book’s donor from a mile away. Abusive and controlling people know how to use the system…
02:01 PM - Feb 04, 2024
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Carol D ☮️
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I fear the far right is now perched to take protests over book banning, turn them around, and proclaim that these types of books mentioned in the NYT article must be made available to the public, because those of us who protested their attempts at banning certain books can’t have it both ways…
02:27 PM - Feb 04, 2024
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Carol D ☮️
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Librarians have always quietly done a spectacular job of making sure the rest of us have access to the information we need and the books we want to read. But I fear a certain group is about to make their job incredibly difficult, and place them in a no-win situation. They don’t deserve this.
02:28 PM - Feb 04, 2024
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Carol D ☮️
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(Side note: the JOU major in me is really irritated about the typo in the 2nd spout. I darn well know it should be “foul” and I’m mad I didn’t see it before the editing window timed out. But I had enough trouble posting this as it is, so I have no patience left to retype it. My apologies… 🤦🏼‍♀️😂)
02:32 PM - Feb 04, 2024 (Edited)
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They were simple rehashing of stuff dredged up or thought up about both topics. Remember, at the start, there was legitimate misinformation which overshadowed the information we needed. And Dr. Fauci became a public figure and lies and stories kinda go with that territory; sad but true.
In response to Deb Montague.
04:00 PM - Feb 04, 2024
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In response to Deb Montague.
I finally had to end the friendship because "Look at all these books saying this stuff is a lie. You are so naive to believe this idiot in the White House (*cough*) telling us we're going to be sick."
I struggled with "Why is someone allowing these things to be published?
04:03 PM - Feb 04, 2024
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Deb Montague
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Don't they know people will die from reading this garbage?"
And here is another case. Trans kids could die from reading this. I think I would have agreed with the person who suggested restricting who could have access to the book.
But the last lines of the article is what struck me the most.
04:05 PM - Feb 04, 2024
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