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RE: https://mastodon.world/@HamonWry/116285647635820786
"Read the books they don’t want you to. That’s where the good stuff is."
--LeVar Burton,
2022#ReadBannedBooks
#BanTheFascistsNotTheBooks
#LeVarBurton
#ReadingRainbow
#GenX
#Xennial
#ILoveBooks
#books
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"So often the cry comes: what good is art in war? ...Paintings are burnt by those who deem (them) 'degenerate.' Now is the time for battle, not art, say the voices of reason.
"We raise our voices in reply: art is our weapon! ...To let fascists crush art beneath their Jack boots, to fail to protect those who move us most profoundly, this would be a loss to humanity."
--Joanna Quinn,
THE WHALEBONE THEATRE#art
#fascism
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When I was a kid--American in Darmstadt, Germany--we had US military base privileges bc my mom taught for DODDS. The CambraiFritsch Kaserne library had a program where you could bring as many paperbacks in as you wanted and exchange them for an equal number of other paperbacks. My dad did exactly that, and That's how he and I did most of our reading through my teen years.
Anyway, support your local library!
#read
#books
#libraries
#ReadTheBooksTheyreBanning
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A propos ***nothing at all***, yesterday I left copies of ON TYRANNY: TWENTY LESSONS FROM THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by Timothy Snyder in three of our local Little Free Libraries.
Reminder: "Read the books they're banning. That's where the good stuff is."
--LeVar Burton#resist
#tyranny
#fascism
#BanTheFascistsNotTheBooks
#ReadBannedBooks
#ReadTheBooksTheyreBanning
#OnTyranny
#TimothySnyder
#LeVarBurton
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#RyanWalters (in his latest self-aggrandizing missive to all Oklahoman parents & caregivers for #PublicSchool kids): I'm making sure $3million goes to tutoring programs in Oklahoma! My commitment has never been stronger!
also Ryan: *advocates book bans*
also Ryan: *oversees Oklahoma's drop to last in #education since he became State Superintendent*
Ryan, I know logic isn't in your bag of tricks, but MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.
#Oklahoma
#OSDE
#CryinRyan
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The 1971 novel MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien is a #SocialJustice #SocialRevolution #ClimateCrisis #socialist story.
I first read that book 37 years ago, and I just now realized this.
#books
#literature
#ChildrensLiterature
#KidLit
#SupportLibraries
#BanTheBookBans
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I #amreading REGENESIS (Cyteen, Nr. 4) by CJ Cherryh.
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"Huck Finn...that book is the conscience of our nation."
--Brandon Norris
And that's why this member of the #BannedBooks club MUST be part of every American's education.
#FaveQuotes
#BanTheFascistsNotTheBooks
#bookstodon
#BookLove
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"Research has found that children as young as 6 months old can perceive race-based differences. Limiting content denies children opportunities to learn about themselves, and to relate to other people...."
This is exactly the goal of right-wing conservatives & fascists. They *want* children not to relate to people who are different from them. Makes it easier to control them when they're adults and easier to scapegoat the Other.