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Re: Banned book library in a wi-fi smart light bulb

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Post by Refreeze5224 »

p-e-w wrote: post #22
focusgroup0 wrote: post #12

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Thank you for pointing this out. That list of “banned books” (that were unbanned long ago, and are now considered great literature) indeed seems more like virtue signaling. There are equivalent books in our own time, and using those instead would make the project feel more like an actual defense of Free Speech and less like a quip of “goodness gracious, people were prudes in the 1920s”, which everyone already agrees…

You're advocating for including white supremacist and Nazi books. And you're not the only one in this thread doing it.

There is one reason someone would do that. You're a white supremacist and a Nazi. There's no in-between here. How about you fuck right off with all that? No tolerance for Nazis and racists.

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Post by dindunuf »

whatgoodisaroad wrote: post #133
dindunuf wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>there are no banned books in America. that was the only point I was making. Mein Kraft, Selected Works of Lmao The Dong, and The Anarchist Cookbook may be removed from sale/access in some specific locations, but it is very much legal to buy, own, and sell them.

the US federal government historically banned books under the Comstock Act of 1873 which is still on the books and is still active federal law. it only currently isn't being enforced following some cultural changes in the 1960s. another change in the cultural winds could bring it back unfortunately

don't you have lots of those dormant old timey laws that would be promptly invalidated as unconstitutional if an attempt to enforce them was made these days, like sodomy laws were?

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Post by zacmps »

trhway wrote: post #142
Exoristos wrote: post #136

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do you respect throwing acid into the uncovered face of a woman in a Taliban country? I hope not. And that would mean that you also do have cut-off on what cultures and laws to respect and which to not.

This is the paradox of tolerance. There are a few suggested "resolutions", the most common being "tolerate everything except intolerance".

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Post by unselect5917 »

I'd be interested in the banned book list. A glance at the socials with the biggest one missing suggests there will be no interesting books on it. Just the ones you can find in "banned books" stands at mainstream bookstores. Absolute mediocrity of thought free of meaningful diversity.

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Post by chaostheory »

iberator wrote: post #125
N_Lens wrote: post #34

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Re: Banned book library in a wi-fi smart light bulb

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Post by unselect5917 »

iberator wrote: post #126
gustavus wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You would be correct there are no "banned books" in America. When people say "banned book" they mean that a certain level of government such as a school board or municipality has "banned" them from being in a public (often school) library. But the headline "In [state I disagree with] they are banning books that have [ideas I agree with]" makes a lot more headlines and clicks. Then people run with the phrase "banned b…

Each state is part of the USA, and each state DOES ban some books. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_banning_in_the_United_Sta... USA is ultra conservative on the average in comparison to just any European state for example.

Relying on the ultra mainstream wikipedia for a banned book would be hilarious if it weren't so deeply disappointing. They'll list nothing interesting.

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Post by chaostheory »

N_Lens wrote: post #34

“As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth’s final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to informatio…

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