Re: New College of Florida dumped hundreds of library books

On Thu, 15 Aug 2024, JAB wrote:

Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat
Fear and hatred of books is an authoritarian malady shared by Hitler
(burned them), Pinochet (discarded them, burned them), Mao (burned
them), etc., and now the GOP.

Let's add the previous socialist government of sweden. I know that some libraries burned or sent for destruction Pippi Longstocking books because they had the word "negro" in them.

@swalker_7
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DEVELOPING: New College of Florida dumped hundreds of library books
this afternoon.
>
The school also emptied the college's Gender and Diversity Center,
tossing hundreds of their books.
>
https://x.com/ruthbenghiat/status/1824143485341143260

Ahh... maybe they are making space in the Gender center for real science? =) Would be quite nice if the gender cetner would be razed to the ground, and replaced with something related to natural science.
The books however, must not be burned, they should be given away.