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Do right wingers buy more books? (hexbear.net)

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Or do bookstores only stock right wing books? The most "left" book I can find at this Books A Million is the latest from Bernie Sanders 🙃

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

IDK, my dad (became a anti-trumper in 2020 but still is definitely right wing and conservative) read a shit ton of Ann Coulter back in the day. But then he also would read People's History by Zinn and Lies my Teacher Told Me and the like, he was a Civics high school teacher so he was more well read and educated than your average chud

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Funny how many teachers I know got the book Lies my Teacher Told Me. Like obviously the book isn't just "fuck teachers!" but still

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I think most good history/civics teachers try to have well rounded counterpoints to the textbooks, and I consider my dad to be one of those despite being a conservative