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an0maloustoday at 5:24 PM2 repliesview on HN

I think 1984 is more of a sign of the times, and not just mentioned in the context of banned book threads


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silexiatoday at 8:33 PM

There are no banned books in America. Not spending taxpayer money forcibly taken from citizens on books they disagree with for public school libraries is far from banning books.

If you are okay with a book indoctrinating kids with far left ideology, why not put in copies of far right books to balance it out?

No one wants kids indoctrinated in culture war garbage.

If you want to own a book, go buy it yourself.

Barrin92today at 7:35 PM

>I think 1984 is more of a sign of the times

Honestly given that the thing gets brought up about five times per day by absolutely anyone for any conceivable reason I think it's the opposite. The real dystopian picture of the future is getting hit on the head with a copy of 1984, forever.

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