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  • Florida banned 23 of his books in schools

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 3 06:35:10 2024
    Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida
    banned 23 of his books in schools

    Twenty-three of King's novels have been banned from schools in the US
    state thanks to a 2022 legislation signed by Ron DeSantis

    Stephen King has given a blunt three word response to discovering that
    23 of his books have been banned from school libraries in Florida, a
    law which is now being challenged by six major book publishers.

    In 2022, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a landmark legislation
    that targeted books which included any sexually explicit material,
    following complaints from conservative group Moms for Liberty.

    The law was brought into effect in July 2023 and has seen noteworthy
    classics such as Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and The Adventures
    of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain all removed from elementary, middle and
    high school libraries. Even non-fiction books like The Diary of a
    Young Girl by Anne Frank has also been banned.
    ...
    ...
    Florida has banned 23 pf my books.
    What the fuck?
    ---- Stephen King (@StephenKing) August 31, 2024

    https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/stephen-king-florida-book-bans-2024-b2605978.html

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Sep 3 19:24:15 2024
    On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 16:30:17 -0400, Auric Hellman
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Don't these fools know that this is the age of the internet? Children
    don't need to go to a library to see and learn all the things their
    parents don't want them to know?

    Political theatrics, where politicians say, "look what I have done for
    you."

    There are voters who have not internalized this Florida law is just a
    charade since school age children have a wider selection with Internet
    access.

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Sep 4 09:47:22 2024
    On Tue, 3 Sep 2024, JAB wrote:

    On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 16:30:17 -0400, Auric Hellman
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Don't these fools know that this is the age of the internet? Children
    don't need to go to a library to see and learn all the things their
    parents don't want them to know?

    Political theatrics, where politicians say, "look what I have done for
    you."

    There are voters who have not internalized this Florida law is just a
    charade since school age children have a wider selection with Internet access.


    Ahh brings back memories from my youth. I think I was around 12 or 13 when
    I found a Stephen King book in the school library and it was quite good (I still think I have my own copy of the book somewhere).

    Then, in swedish class, we were supposed to write a story, and inspired by
    my recent reading of Stephen King, I wrote a gory horror story.

    The teacher was furious and called my parents saying writing these kind of stories was completely unacceptable, and I was scolded by my parents as
    well.

    So that probably stopped an aspiring author right in his tracks. ;)

    Jokes aside, from that point on, I only wrote the bare minimum when it
    came to writing stories in school. My creative output (which was never
    shown to teachers or parents) came during my pen and paper roleplaying
    games.

    Ergo... imagine how peaceful life would have been with some good old
    censoring! ;)

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Sep 4 07:11:53 2024
    On Wed, 4 Sep 2024 09:47:22 +0200, D <[email protected]> wrote:

    Ergo... imagine how peaceful life would have been with some good old >censoring! ;)

    Where a written/spoken language existed/exists, I believe censoring
    has existed. Where religion is practiced, the amount of censoring is
    dependent upon a given religion...some more, and some less.

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Sep 4 22:40:42 2024
    On Wed, 4 Sep 2024, JAB wrote:

    On Wed, 4 Sep 2024 09:47:22 +0200, D <[email protected]> wrote:

    Ergo... imagine how peaceful life would have been with some good old
    censoring! ;)

    Where a written/spoken language existed/exists, I believe censoring
    has existed. Where religion is practiced, the amount of censoring is dependent upon a given religion...some more, and some less.


    This is the truth! Let's work together to lessen the influence of censors
    and organized religion. I think that will be a net benefit to mankind.

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