Name a time in history it was the good guys banning books

[NoSavingByTheBell]

I cannot think of one single book that I would ban were I in charge.

[Gandalf]

I cannot think of one single book that I would ban were I in charge.

For sure, no book should ever be banned. I find the Bible preposterous, but you do not ban it. I find Mein Kampf to be somewhat unhinged, but you do not ban it. Dickens played to stereotypes, but you don't ban him. Shakespeare did the same, but you do not ban him. Nothing should be banned and everything permitted when it comes to literature.

It boils down to you. Do you want to read it or not? It is all up to you. The funny thing about these images is that they are not offensive and Asians I have spoken to about it have either shrugged or laughed at it. As I said to you, kids comic books drawn by Asians for Asians have the same kinds of images. There is just none of this po faced 'How bad is it to show ourselves as caricature' nonsense going on in the West.

Look at kids comics back home. Characters are by their nature caricatures with big ears, goofy teeth etc. So what, right?

[NoSavingByTheBell]

right, but tell that to the cultural marxist word police.

[Gandalf]

right, but tell that to the cultural marxist word police.

I am not joining Twitter. It is a freak show.

[Spicoli]

I remember when "they" banned A Light in The Attic and Lord of The Flies in school and pulled every single D&D, Dragon mag out of the library. The first thing we did...ran to buy them at the local used book shop.

They even called some kids in to see the counselor when they saw them playing D&D at lunch

[Spicoli]

right, but tell that to the cultural marxist word police.

Do you realize how much of this shat has been done by Religious morality hammering zealots. Books, music, films etc near and afar.. it's unreal.

[NoSavingByTheBell]

right, but tell that to the cultural marxist word police.

Do you realize how much of this shat has been done by Religious morality hammering zealots. Books, music, films etc near and afar.. it's unreal.

oh absolutely. I followed the Frank Zappa Senate Hearings in the 80's I think it was, who were grilling him on "Ship Arriving Late To Save A Drowning Witch" album for its use of whips & chains sounds and images. It was the GOP who were all over his ass that afternoon. I know it aint just the left, its everybody. But cultural marxists like Mao and the New Age versions are def going big into this stuff now, doubling down.

[NoSavingByTheBell]

Spicoli, it was a mix of right and left: The committee was founded by four women: Tipper Gore, wife of Senator and later Vice President Al Gore; Susan Baker, wife of Treasury Secretary James Baker; Pam Howar, wife of Washington realtor Raymond Howar; and Sally Nevius, wife of former Washington City Council Chairman John Nevius. They were known as the "Washington wives" -- a reference to their husbands' connections with government in the Washington, D.C. area. In August 1985, 19 record companies agreed to put "Parental Guidance: Explicit Lyrics" labels on albums to warn of explicit lyrical content. Before the labels could be put into place, the Senate agreed to hold a hearing on so-called "porn rock".

[Spicoli]

Spicoli, it was a mix of right and left: The committee was founded by four women: Tipper Gore, wife of Senator and later Vice President Al Gore; Susan Baker, wife of Treasury Secretary James Baker; Pam Howar, wife of Washington realtor Raymond Howar; and Sally Nevius, wife of former Washington City Council Chairman John Nevius. They were known as the "Washington wives" -- a reference to their husbands' connections with government in the Washington, D.C. area. In August 1985, 19 record companies agreed to put "Parental Guidance: Explicit Lyrics" labels on albums to warn of explicit lyrical content. Before the labels could be put into place, the Senate agreed to hold a hearing on so-called "porn rock".

Yeh that was pure classic and the literal definition of speaking truth to power. Leave it to Government to unify artist from East West coasts and all points in between. Dee Snider was a great closer and pretty much left ol Al Gore with his big foot in his own mouth. Hindsight is 20-20 but truth is it's stunning how much society buckled to that era and dictatorial moral authority directly from the Oval office and chambers of Congress. In recent memory this has to be the absolute closest and a direct example of Politicians, the Federal Gov actively working to censor and ban across the board. 4 were married to current lawmakers 3 of whom sat on the very Committee that would consider a blank cass tax. They said it was about a warning sticker for parents but it went so much further. An artist who was slapped with that sticker would/could be banned from live performances in multiple Cities. Stations fined and record labels 'assessed' on content. These clowns wanted to instruct the where, when, how and even if small retail could display and sell the product. Ol Tipper directly influenced and called for the jailing of Jello Biafra based on an "offensive" poster they included in the Frakenchrist album. Dude was criminally prosecuted after she chimed in to the law and legislators in Ca ffs. Ask Ice T about cancel culture before the keyboard movements came along .