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| Topic | JK rowling is sueiing a small twitter user over a tweet calling her out |
| Gremlynn 09/03/23 11:10:00 PM #27: | if I recall, she threatened to sue because the tweet in question insinuated that she was a nazi and I guess that's a big no no.
But hey just for funsies lets take a look back at that old photo we all saw in high school of nazi book burnings. The one used to remind us how great it was that we had the freedom to read any kind of book we wanted. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/485862cd-b142-4c05-9a6f-c809642d4740.jpg This one. and honestly several others from the same event. Of course what all those great U.S. history courses likely never taught most of us was the specifics. That this wasn't just "hahahaaaa yes now they won't have books!", but was a very deliberate targeted strike on the Institute of Sexology, renowned at the time for its advocacy for homosexual and transgender people. https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/6-may-1933-looting-of-the-institute-of-sexology/ --- "Now, was that civilized? No, clearly not. Fun, but in no sense civilized." ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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