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hobbit709

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9. They banned Uncle Shelby?
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 10:31 AM
Oct 2012

The people that ban things amaze me.
"This you cannot read because it may cause you to think"

Mix abject stupidity with a little power etherealtruth Oct 2012 #1
Good grief! HappyMe Oct 2012 #2
The PC and morality police teaming up to deprive children of great literature. MadHound Oct 2012 #3
Exactly... TheManInTheMac Oct 2012 #18
A library in my locale Cirque du So-What Oct 2012 #4
Ours did too. Brother Buzz Oct 2012 #13
Ours does that during "Banned Book Month". Odin2005 Oct 2012 #16
Our library ChazII Oct 2012 #26
Jeebs! ananda Oct 2012 #5
Don't know why they're griping over Laura Ingalls Wilder no_hypocrisy Oct 2012 #6
first of all, it's likely NOT to be the right who are upset about her cali Oct 2012 #7
All valid points. no_hypocrisy Oct 2012 #8
Rose was a nut proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #11
I doubt libertarians believe in banning ANY books. Banning public libraries, yes, but not books. TheManInTheMac Oct 2012 #19
The correct response is to "gripe" over *any* book bans. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2012 #21
So she's responsible for all of her daughter's actions? ButterflyBlood Oct 2012 #23
Her daughter wrote most of the books XemaSab Oct 2012 #27
They banned Uncle Shelby? hobbit709 Oct 2012 #9
I had a parent complain years ago about Little House on the Prairie proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #10
Excellent rebuttal no_hypocrisy Oct 2012 #12
Did they know that Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter was a buddy of Ayn Rand? AnnieBW Oct 2012 #25
I am working on a banned book display for work. TheMightyFavog Oct 2012 #14
Animal Farm? Promoting communism? Holy hell, now I've heard it all! TheManInTheMac Oct 2012 #20
Number 7 just kills me Odin2005 Oct 2012 #15
The Diary of Anne Frank kiva Oct 2012 #17
Yeah, that's a head-slapper. Scootaloo Oct 2012 #29
DURec. bvar22 Oct 2012 #22
H the S??? smackd Oct 2012 #24
The comments made by Ma in the Little House Books SheilaT Oct 2012 #28
The only one that surprises me is Canturbury Tales Scootaloo Oct 2012 #30
I would think "Harriet the Spy" would be required reading for cancervatives. xfundy Oct 2012 #31
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