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[–] NanoooK@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the good reason to ban a book? Because it makes you think?

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the good reason to ban a book?

There aren't any.

Because it makes you think?

Christ, no. "Making you think" is kinda the whole reason books exist, so I don't know why you would think that?

[–] CosmoKramer@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably because your previous comment said that books are banned "for good reason"

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It also said "public libraries" which the comment I replied to (intentionally) omitted.

It's a bad faith argument. They want to intentionally conflate removing books from children's libraries with banning them from the country altogether.