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Arthur ( Arthur@literature.cafe )  to Banned Book Club@literature.cafe · 2 years ago

Utah book banners now want to make Little Free Libraries susceptible to criminal charges

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Utah book banners now want to make Little Free Libraries susceptible to criminal charges

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Arthur ( Arthur@literature.cafe )  to Banned Book Club@literature.cafe · 2 years ago
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  • Drusas ( Drusas@fedia.io ) 
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    JFC, how evil can these people be.

    • bizarroland ( bizarroland@fedia.io ) 
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      There is no evil under the Sun that has not been committed by man.

      As a species we are 100,000 years old but we are only just barely out of the dark ages.

      • metaStatic ( metaStatic@kbin.earth ) 
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        firstly, 300,000 years

        secondly, just because someone has struck the flint does not mean the kindling has caught. Do not mistake intelligence for wisdom.

    • Che Banana ( The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) 
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      Utah: Wear our special underwear, pay our special sky daddy his tithe, obey unquestionably, and go fuck yourselves.

      Mormans are the Scientologists of the boomers.

  • zcd ( zcd@lemmy.ca ) 
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    Is there a banned book torrent that folks can seed?

    • bizarroland ( bizarroland@fedia.io ) 
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      I imagine it would be possible to set up like a kiwix server with text and PDF files of these books downloaded from Gutenberg, using only of course public domain copies, and then set up a QR code that would allow someone passing by to pair with your kiwix server, download those books and then have their own copy of them.

  • ArcaneSlime ( ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    Honestly I’d be surprised if they could pull that off, they can’t technically control it unless it’s on their property, so any on private property should be protected by 1A. But if anyone can pull it off, it’s Morons Mormons in Utah, so there’s that…

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    Maybe little Timmy doesn’t get enough … Das Kapital

  • AizawaC23 ( AizawaC23@literature.cafe ) 
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    That’s sliding pretty close to Fahrenheit 451 or 1984!

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