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Old 06-25-2018, 06:14 PM
 
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UGH. When are we going to allow the past to be recognized for what it was? It was not a very nice time in our history where non whites were mistreated, enslaved and murdered.

Instead of white washing history why can't we hold it up as a marvel at how far we have come?





What is next banning Mark Twain?
This thread is not about banning anything.
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Old 06-25-2018, 06:17 PM
 
Location: So Cal
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This thread is not about banning anything.
BS... yes it is.. stay ignorant.
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Old 06-25-2018, 06:23 PM
 
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BS... yes it is.. stay ignorant.
And you stay polite.

If you have evidence that this is a ban, please produce it.

They changed the name of an award. That is all.

I do not believe in banning books.
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Old 06-25-2018, 06:28 PM
 
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Was Christianity a different doctrine during her life than it is now?
In many ways it was different. Just look at how the different branches of Christianity viewed each other as little as 60 years ago.
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Old 06-25-2018, 06:40 PM
 
Location: NJ
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I don't have a problem with this move; by the way, this has nothing to do with students reading the book in class which is a completely different issue.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/laur...221528580.html
Disney time machine ride into the USSR.. this is what it was like to live under communist rule.
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Old 06-25-2018, 08:08 PM
 
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Calm down, no one is banning anything. They are merely renaming an award to better reflect today's thinking.

And it's exactly a reflection of how far we've come, so it should make you happy.
It's a reflection of the fact that we have a significant minority of contemptable ideologues who are obsessed with purging history and incapable of judging historical figures in the context of their time, and that these people have an unfortunate amount of clout in the fields of education and literature.
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Old 06-26-2018, 12:36 AM
 
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Mark Twain has already been banned in many school districts and libraries.
And should not be. Nor should Wilder's books.
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Old 06-26-2018, 12:44 AM
 
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The book "The Ghost In The Little House" makes an excellent argument for this. However, if you compare Rose Wilder Lane's literary style in "Let The Hurricane Roar" and Laura's in "The Little House" books, they are entirely different. I think Rose edited the subject matter of Laura's books, and how the experiences were told, not the style in which she told it. If you read some of Laura's Missouri Ruralist articles in her column "How a Farm Woman Thinks") you can see the similarity (at least I can).

I don't think the books would have existed as they are without the collaboration.

My biggest gripe (off topic, I know). Michael Landon's hijacking of the stories. Albert...was he REALLY necessary????
LOL. Albert, in the show. My mother was quite critical of it. They're living hand to mouth and they keep adopting kids! I was young and thought it was sweet. Originally. Then it became a soap. Went on and on, eventually Albert, whom never existed, became addicted to drugs.
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Old 06-26-2018, 12:48 AM
 
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They aren’t building actual bonfires but book burning is alive and well right now.

I’ll say again, it is unfair to judge people of another era by the current social mores. Many of those climbing high on their self-righteous soapboxes would have most likely had the same attitudes as those they condemn had they lived during that time period.
Absolutely! Imagine it from her perspective. The Indians were not always nice. The Apache and Comanche in Texas were vicious. And the early Texans were vicious right back. It was like gang warfare. I don’t know how they were in Minnesota, but they surely didn’t like the settlers (and who could blame them by that time)?
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Old 06-26-2018, 12:48 AM
 
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Well, there goes Little House on the Prairie, being thrown out of libraries run by liberals all over the country. Before long, only Marx will be allowed to be read.
Er, no. Not being thrown out of libraries. Do you read?
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