Seems like NotBruceZ wants to more than anyone else itt.
MFer like âwhen you assign this poem to kids, do not warn them that Black men got lynched for looking at white womenâ
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I donât want to, Iâm just more willing to allow other people to do dumb stuff.
There are doubtlessly better works by Black authors, but that doesnât mean NBZ wants Twain removed from reading list consideration
I completely agree with giving context before/during/after any work is discussed. Thatâs just teaching. Sacrificing meaning to assuage feelings is the issue Iâm talking about.
Gotcha. Libertarian approach.
Cool, I just think youâre overapplying this label to stuff
I prefer Invisible Man to Huck Finn, but would not replace the latter with the former (in the canon). You canât really understand the former without reading the latter first. Of course including both is best, but there is only so much time.
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Could well be.
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Thatâs definitely not my approach.
Wat. Keep your imagination away from me.
Do you know who Allan Bloom is?
- Yes
- No
- YesâŚwaitâŚno, I thought you meant Harold Bloom.
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I admit it looks like I was partially wrong about your POV tho. My bad. On edge lately
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I probably read most of the series
My favorites were Time Machine and Robinson Crusoe
I didnât understand why the illustrations of Friday gave me butterflies. And the illustrations and descriptions of the sharply dressed, cigar-smoking gentlemen in London
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get my fainting couch with this Huck Finn bullshit. yes, it is correct to take out language and lines that doesnât sit well in the modern times. thatâs actually fairly common occurrence, and collectively we treat it as a compromise, somewhere in between outright banning the entire song or poem, and continuing to use hateful and harmful language.
e.g. the freaking national anthem cutting three quarters of star spangled banner, for good fucking reason! the full version is still available wherever you want to read it.
Shocking, so the Dahl holders get a week of 24/7 promotion and will make more money than they have been with his back catalogue. Fair fucks to em, they played the outrage media like a fiddle
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Another W for keeeeeeeed!
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Seems like this got enough of a public backlash that we wonât have to worry about revised versions of Harry Potter any time soon.
Youâre going to need your fainting couch sadly.
âHis name is Jim, right? Just Jim, doesnât need any modifier. Whatâs so hard about that?â
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