“Banned books”… it’s 1930’s Germany all over again…
SodaPop6548 on
Calling a book “satanic” is so insanely ignorant and theocratic.
melance on
Read banned books
leftoverscience on
This is definitely the library drawing attention to banned books and intentionally not removing them. I would not be surprised if these get checked out more as a result. Malicious compliance?
sudomatrix on
Got to get me a copy of ‘Where’s Waldo?’ for some sexy time sessions.
InfoFreako on
1984 should have a tag that says “Caution: not a how-to manual”
dabeiseinistdasding on
😀 1984 pro-communist! Aha, mh-hm, I see what you did there … and why. ^^
The warnings for Animal Farm are wild, too. Close to ‘don’t read this book or you will die! of death!! deadly death!!!’
Kitchen-Category-138 on
It’s like the parental advisory logo they used to put on music, it’s just going to make it more popular.
TheOnsiteEngineer on
Calling 1984 PRO-communist is showing a rather stunning lack of understanding of the book I would say.
unfinishedportrait56 on
This week is banned books week! Its purpose is to celebrate the freedom to read books and access information. That’s why they made this display; to highlight all the ridiculous reasons wonderful books have been banned.
Korvun on
Context:
**LOTR** was never actually banned or even challenged. Somebody at a church book burn tossed it in and called it satanic.
**1984** has been banned many times over the decades since its release by a variety of governments.
**Bad Kitty for President** was challenged in a single elementary school for an “implied expletive”.
**Animal Farm** was never banned or even challenged in the U.S.
**Charlotte’s Web** is a weird one, as there’s no primary sources for the ban, only a single attribution to an unnamed school in Kansas over some alleged religious implication regarding the talking animals.
**Where’s Waldo** was banned because of a boob somebody spotted.
Mysterious_Fennel459 on
1984 is the complete opposite of pro-communist. It’s a warning about communism???
Boring-Dragonfly6955 on
Let’s see the warning on Huckleberry Finn.
voyager_husky on
Having actually read 1984 I’m really trying to figure out on what planet these people think that the message was PRO-COMMUNIST.
Orwell was emphatically against the Stalinist regime. That’s quite literally the whole point of the book.
needs_a_name on
Our library did this and I love seeing the reasons.
BigGingerYeti on
WTF is wrong with Charlotte’s Web? We read that in school at like 8 or 9.
Bangkok_Dangeresque on
How in the hell does a book contain nudity?
lowtoiletsitter on
What the hell is wrong with Charlotte’s Web?!
AcidJedd on
Oh no, “political theories”?? FFS…
CaptainSouthbird on
With nothing else to add that hasn’t been said, let’s just have fun reading these incorrectly.
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“Banned books”… it’s 1930’s Germany all over again…
Calling a book “satanic” is so insanely ignorant and theocratic.
Read banned books
This is definitely the library drawing attention to banned books and intentionally not removing them. I would not be surprised if these get checked out more as a result. Malicious compliance?
Got to get me a copy of ‘Where’s Waldo?’ for some sexy time sessions.
1984 should have a tag that says “Caution: not a how-to manual”
😀 1984 pro-communist! Aha, mh-hm, I see what you did there … and why. ^^
The warnings for Animal Farm are wild, too. Close to ‘don’t read this book or you will die! of death!! deadly death!!!’
It’s like the parental advisory logo they used to put on music, it’s just going to make it more popular.
Calling 1984 PRO-communist is showing a rather stunning lack of understanding of the book I would say.
This week is banned books week! Its purpose is to celebrate the freedom to read books and access information. That’s why they made this display; to highlight all the ridiculous reasons wonderful books have been banned.
Context:
**LOTR** was never actually banned or even challenged. Somebody at a church book burn tossed it in and called it satanic.
**1984** has been banned many times over the decades since its release by a variety of governments.
**Bad Kitty for President** was challenged in a single elementary school for an “implied expletive”.
**Animal Farm** was never banned or even challenged in the U.S.
**Charlotte’s Web** is a weird one, as there’s no primary sources for the ban, only a single attribution to an unnamed school in Kansas over some alleged religious implication regarding the talking animals.
**Where’s Waldo** was banned because of a boob somebody spotted.
1984 is the complete opposite of pro-communist. It’s a warning about communism???
Let’s see the warning on Huckleberry Finn.
Having actually read 1984 I’m really trying to figure out on what planet these people think that the message was PRO-COMMUNIST.
Orwell was emphatically against the Stalinist regime. That’s quite literally the whole point of the book.
Our library did this and I love seeing the reasons.
WTF is wrong with Charlotte’s Web? We read that in school at like 8 or 9.
How in the hell does a book contain nudity?
What the hell is wrong with Charlotte’s Web?!
Oh no, “political theories”?? FFS…
With nothing else to add that hasn’t been said, let’s just have fun reading these incorrectly.
“Indecent Alcohol Incites Violence” sounds plausible.
Also, if the warning says “HOLY %#@$” you may want to take it into consideration.
They should just put up a generic warning:
***Warning!!! Reading may lead to independent thought and critical thinking!!!***
1984 is pro what??
It’s so ironic when you see 1984 censored
Also pro-Communist? Lmao I don’t think the book was about communism at ALL but it’s definitely not *pro* Communism.
People don’t seem to understand that regardless of your beliefs, factually, communism and authoritarianism are different things
What kind of nudity are they finding in Where’s Waldo? I missed it as a kid apparently.
IIRC JRR Tolkien was Catholic and made the LOR as a Christian allegory
>Satanic
>Lord of the Rings
…?
The same people who were trying to get pokemon banned in the 1990s because it was satanic are in office today.
Lol at 1984 and Animal Farm communism