Kim Scheinberg4d ago

Objectively, it's far more troubling that they're banning Toni Morrison and David Levithan and Art Spiegelman and any books that even hint at representing the right's Horsemen of the Apocalypse

But there's something so completely batshit about banning _Calvin and Hobbes_, a comic strip so family friendly that it ran uncensored in the most conservative newspapers in the country for more than a decade

https://pen.org/magic-tree-house-author-calvin-and-hobbes-among-hundreds-of-tennessee-book-bans/

‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans - PEN America

The removals in Tennessee are the result of a growing political movement to control information through book banning.

PEN America
Show threadSara Joy 4d ago

@kims maybe they don't like mom and dad's anticapitalism:

(via https://www.reddit.com/r/calvinandhobbes/comments/hpd7e3/these_days_the_junk_mail_comes_through_instagram/)

Show threadZeh Fernando4d ago

@sarajw @kims Yeah, I bought a C&H collection and started reading it to my 5yo. I thought it would be a good easy time, but oh boy. The strip can be acid and critical to the core. Really introspective stuff. I found myself having to explain a lot of bad shit about the world. Pretty complex concepts.

Not surprised some of those in power want to ban it. The strip is clearly anti-ignorance.

Show threadSara Joy 3d ago
@zeh @kims I mean, it is named after two philosophers :)
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@sarajw @zeh @kims :-O #TIL
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