Can you name one time in History where it was a good thing to ban or burn books?

[Doc Dutch]

Nope

She was not corrupt

As corrupt as Trump. She was just much, much smarter about it. Much smarter than Bill too.

[AProudLefty]

Isn’t Mark Twain cancelled?

I don't think so?

[Legion]

Isn’t Mark Twain cancelled?

Yep.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexp...inkId=42633595

[Legion]

Many other did exactly what Hilary did with a server

Who?

LINK

[anonymoose]

Isn’t Mark Twain cancelled?

I don't think so?

Yep.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexp...inkId=42633595

Modern day book burning. Huck Finn was required reading for me in the ninth grade.
That was a great book!

[AProudLefty]

Modern day book burning. Huck Finn was required reading for me in the ninth grade.
That was a great book!

Did you read the first paragraph? The librarians didn't want that book in their library in Concord, Mass. in 1885.

[RB 60]

Modern day book burning. Huck Finn was required reading for me in the ninth grade.
That was a great book!

The Catcher In The Rye was one we read in school too. Such an evil (now banned in high schools) book!!

[anonymoose]

Did you read the first paragraph?

Yeah. Just read it. If you find that offensive then you probably consider me a rayciss for advocating a healthy diet.

[AProudLefty]

Yeah. Just read it. If you find that offensive then you probably consider me a rayciss for advocating a healthy diet.

LOL. Did you mean the book "Catcher in the Rye"?

[anonymoose]

LOL. Did you mean the book "Catcher in the Rye"?

No . The first paragraph of Huckleberry Finn. Catcher in the Rye could not have been banned in Massachusetts in 1885!

[AProudLefty]

No . The first paragraph of Huckleberry Finn. Catcher in the Rye could not have been banned in Massachusetts in 1885!

LOL. No no no no. You replied to somebody who linked to that article about Huckleberry Finn. That is what I was referring to.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexp...inkId=42633595

[jet57]

I can't think of one time where I would support this kind of thing. I get that a publisher can decide what to publish, and that this isn't government action. I am not conflating these things. I am just thinking that removing books from the public sphere has proven to not be a positive action when we look back through history.

So who's banning books?

[AProudLefty]

So who's banning books?

Nobody.

[AProudLefty]

Ah I think I see the problem. Could be my fault. I confused you with RB.

[jet57]

Nobody.

Oh you and I know that, but what about Damocles?