Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring out of 'fear'

Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by monocasa on Monday March 01, 2021 @06:19PM (#26309874)

And the attempt to cancel France. Going so far to rename french fries "freedom fries".

All because France thought going to war with Iraq in 2003 was a bad idea.

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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by cgb223 on Monday March 01, 2021 @06:31PM (#26309982)

The “freedom fry” troupe can actually be traced back even farther to WWI

If you’ve ever wondered why “frankfurters” are now called “hot dogs” or why “sauerkraut” was called “liberty cabbage” for a hot minute, it’s because of anti-German sentiment in the US [1]

[1] https://www.hppr.org/post/freedom-fries-liberty-cabbage-myth

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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by pbourke on Monday March 01, 2021 @10:45PM (#26311689)

Not just the US - Berlin, Ontario was renamed to Kitchener (after British WWI general Lord Kitchener) in 1916.

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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by andrepd on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @09:22PM (#26323936)

I thought this was a joke.

It isn't.

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