“Unite Against Book Bans is a national initiative to empower readers everywhere to stand together in the fight against censorship.“
Please visit this site to learn how you can help! ~Becky
Unite Against Book Bans!
“Unite Against Book Bans is a national initiative to empower readers everywhere to stand together in the fight against censorship.“
Please visit this site to learn how you can help! ~Becky
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Thanks for sharing this, Becky! I couldn’t agree more about the dangers of book banning.
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Margot, thank you for chiming in!
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Banning a book shuts a room in the mind of a kid — and everyone else. I don’t understand our world’s current desire to limit knowledge, exposure, curiosity, learning. Just because we turn our back on something doesn’t mean it isn’t there and isn’t true.
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Exactly, Martha!!!
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NPR had a program talking about this issue in Texas. I tried to buy the book bag, but they were out. Thanks for posting this, Becky.
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Good that NPR is working to inform us, Linda! Even if we all just bought or read one of these, it helps to show our solidarity! I recently read “The Hate U Give” for the library book club. It’s a good story, told in a very fair manner, and could certainly help people understand each other!
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Hear, hear!
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Yay! Thanks, Liz!
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You’re welcome, Becky! Books are supposed to open minds, not close them.
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Exactly, Liz!
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I’m reading Fahrenheit 451. It sort of explains what may be happening. Good thing to share, Becky!
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Oooh; good one…
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Good topic to share, Becky!
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Yes; thanks, Pat!
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I like this a lot. Am cross posting to my blog.
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Paul, thank you so much!
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This is such an important issue, especially now. Thank you for putting this on our radar, Becky.
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I agree, Tracy…so important! Thank you!
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So important. Reblogging it.
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Wonderful; much appreciated!
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My pleasure. Thank you for posting it.
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It’s often hard to find meaningful things that might help…
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Thank you so much for sharing this!
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Couldn’t agree more. Shutting our eyes does not make the darkness go away.
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That’s for certain!
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Thanks for bringing this important issue to the forefront, Becky.
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And thank YOU for reading and commenting, Pete!
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Morning, Becky. There are WAY too many people who are intent on taking away freedoms. The fight for freedoms and for democracy is never-ending.
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So right, Neil. Thank you!
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Thank you for sharing this…it seems more and more efforts to erase our past are going on plus dictating what we can and cannot read too much censorship is creeping at a fast rate into society…so wrong…
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I sure agree with you, Carol! Totally wrong.
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I can’t believe this is happening.
I checked out the link. Then, as a Canadian, looked to see if books are being banned here. It’s not of the magnitude of the USA, but certain publications are seized/banned at the border.
This is just nuts, when you can buy an ebook on line.
Anyway, we have a freedom to read organization here. So, it seems many in the world are fighting for all kinds of freedoms.
Iran is a big one right now.
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I didn’t realize that was also becoming an issue in Canada, Resa! It IS nuts in so many different way!
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Sometimes it feels like we are going backwards.
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We are in many ways, and I sure hope that turns back around during my lifetime!
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Hi Becky, thanks for sharing about this one. So many banned books that kids will miss out on and that I don’t agree with the ban to begin with… xx
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Christy, thanks for weighing in on this is! Yes, this is a terrible trend, and I sure hope that kids will still manage to read the books they need.
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I will visit there. I often wonder when people are afraid to have certain information around, exactly what they are afraid of and what makes them think they have to right to extend their beliefs onto others? We have seen throughout history that it doesn’t work.
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So true, Marlene. Thank you for checking this out!
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I’m glad there’s been a backlash against the banning of books; it has gone too far —
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Yes, it’s so wrong!
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Excellent highlighting this issue!
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Thank you, Kally!
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It maybe time for me to post on Instagram again! Thanks, Becky!
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Good idea, Jeanne!
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Love it!
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Thanks for that, Cecelia!
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I’m not a fan of book bans in any shape or form. If you don’t like what a book has to offer, don’t read it but don’t tell me I can’t read it. This has been going on for generations over and over. Some mumskull thinks they have the right to tell us what we can read. Even governments run it up the flag pole. We know where it goes. Will that or wars or all the rest of pure stupid ever end? Doubtful.
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Exactly, Marlene. Individuals should each have the freedom to decide what they want to read! Thanks for chiming in:)
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An extremely important issue and one that harks back to the First Amendment.
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So true, Leonard. Thank you!
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Thank you for posting it to keep people aware.
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You’re welcome; I feel helpless, otherwise.
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Unfortunately hopelessness afflicts all thinking people. It’s those on the extreme ends of the political spectrum with their tunnel vision that are causing that.
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Yes.
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Maybe this is one of the (many) reasons the recent mid-term elections did not bring about a ‘red tsunami’. I hope so anyway. It’s a bit rich, isn’t it, to tell people what they can/cannot read?
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Exactly!
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