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As the National Book Awards came to a close on Wednesday, finalists for the prestigious literary prizes took the stage in New York to speak about the Israel-Hamas war, with others at the ceremony also choosing to address banned books.

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[–] [S] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

All I'm saying is I don't think we'd be better off if more people started reading books like the Turner diaries. I'm not making a censorship argument here

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Aye, didn't want to accuse you of advocating for censorship. Just a friendly reminder that even the most "dangerous" texts are that way because of context, not content.

    Also I was today years old when I learned about The Turner Diaries. Yikes.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 years ago

    There's a book called the collector that had inspired a couple serial rapist/killers. I consider myself a curious person and I truly love learning but there are some books that I would love to see only in libraries and very dusty because I don't know how they add constructively to society.

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