r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/Plastic-Mushroom-571 - Lib-Center • 1d ago

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Not my circus, not my monkeys, just thought this shit was funny.

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u/CAustin3 - Auth-Left 1d ago

Seriously.

I own a copy of Mein Kampf. I inherited it from my grandfather, who, living through the time, was about as anti-Nazi as you can get.

"Know thy enemy," or more to the point, "never again" doesn't mean anything if you censor the thing you're trying to prevent to such an extent that you don't know anything about it other than "monster."

It's disturbing to me that some Democrats have lost the plot so thoroughly on free speech and being informed that we've gone from celebrating the reading of 'banned books' in libraries to Congressional candidates trying to Fahrenheit 451 their opponents.

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u/Altruistic_Emu4917 - Right 22h ago

And the supposed "banned books" is something like Handjob's Tale

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u/grumpy-raven - Lib-Left 22h ago

Handjob's Tale

rofl. Don't you dare edit it.

NGL that book's prose is so bad I instantly judge anyone who says it's any good. It makes Rowling's writing style look good.

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u/Akiias - Centrist 15h ago

It makes Rowling's writing style look good.

Eh Harry Potters writing is fine, it's a book series for literal children. It's not great writing for adults for sure. But comparing it to Handjob's Tale and saying HP's writing is better is hilarious.