@aral In "I Will Bear Witness, Volume 1" by Victor...

@aral In "I Will Bear Witness, Volume 1" by Victor Klemperer, he notes how first books by Jewish authors were off-limits to people, then how he as a Jew was not allowed to check books out, then not allowed to read them in the Reading Room, then had bits of his personal library made verboten.

If folks keep letting fascists fash, personal libraries become unavailable as well.

Like 29 Jul 2023 at 6:38 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social

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2hip2bL7

@glightly @aral #ConformObeyBeSilentDie

29 Jul 2023 at 6:57 | Open on toot.community

Jerry

@glightly @aral You mean the Bible... that one was off limit and on Latin only too.... 😏 ✝️

Stop #war ban #religion

29 Jul 2023 at 9:05 | Open on infosec.place

Holger Fiallo

@glightly Not just extremists from the right but also left. Both believe in the sane thing. Burning books, putting people in concentration camps. Books are our future and if anyone suggest banning books, run away from them.

29 Jul 2023 at 10:06 | Open on mastodon.social

Dan Hulton

@HolgerFiallo @glightly Sure, there are extremists on both sides. But only one of those sides is actually using their power to DO these things in an appreciable quantity right now.

Don't be complacent, certainly, but focus your energy where it will do the most good.

29 Jul 2023 at 16:40 | Open on hachyderm.io

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