Our nation cannot censor its way back to cultural health

Re:Our nation cannot censor its way back to cultural health by imgabe on Monday February 07, 2022 @01:08AM (#30241008)

I don’t remember the case, but I read somewhere that the Supreme Court drew a distinction between deciding not to add something vs taking away what was already there in regards to school libraries.

Assuming this is referring to Maus, it wasn’t a part of the curriculum, it was just a book that was available in the library. The school board removed it from the library, clearly in an effort to limit access to it.

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Re:Our nation cannot censor its way back to cultural health by pseudalopex on Monday February 07, 2022 @01:35AM (#30241134)

> Assuming this is referring to Maus, it wasn’t a part of the curriculum.

It was.[1]

[1] https://www.wate.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/2022/01/Cal...

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Re:Our nation cannot censor its way back to cultural health by imgabe on Monday February 07, 2022 @01:48AM (#30241194)

Ah, my mistake. From what I read before I thought they just took it out of the library.

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Re:Our nation cannot censor its way back to cultural health by WalterBright on Monday February 07, 2022 @01:22AM (#30241076)

I'm not in favor of book banning, but that book shouldn't be allowed in a library.

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Re:Our nation cannot censor its way back to cultural health by sixstringtheory on Monday February 07, 2022 @01:29AM (#30241109)

I’ve never seen/read it, curious to know why you think it shouldn’t be allowed in libraries.

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Re:Our nation cannot censor its way back to cultural health by dgellow on Monday February 07, 2022 @02:39AM (#30241503)

I get the irony but in the current context that doesn’t really read as a joke.

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Re:Our nation cannot censor its way back to cultural health by WalterBright on Monday February 07, 2022 @01:41AM (#30241158)

P.S. That was sarcasm.

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Re:Our nation cannot censor its way back to cultural health by imgabe on Monday February 07, 2022 @01:29AM (#30241104)

Why not? I’ve heard of it but never read it. I just know it’s widely acclaimed and about the Holocaust.

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