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Rhiannon12866

(205,202 posts)
Mon Feb 7, 2022, 03:01 AM Feb 2022

"Maus" Author: Tennessee School Board Wants "a Kinder, Gentler Holocaust" - Amanpour and Company



A wave of book-banning is washing over America, and Art Spiegelman is its latest target. His acclaimed graphic novel about the Holocaust, "Maus," was recently banned by a Tennessee school board. The reason cited by the board is content that includes nudity, profanity and violence -- this in reference to a book about a concentration camp. Spiegelman wrote the book about his parents, both Auschwitz survivors. He tells Walter Isaacson what the book-banning trend could mean for American democracy.

Their conversation is part of Exploring Hate, our ongoing series on antisemitism, racism and extremism. Originally aired on February 4, 2022



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"Maus" Author: Tennessee School Board Wants "a Kinder, Gentler Holocaust" - Amanpour and Company (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Feb 2022 OP
repukes complaining about violence Skittles Feb 2022 #1
Sounds about right. Behind the Aegis Feb 2022 #2

Skittles

(153,150 posts)
1. repukes complaining about violence
Mon Feb 7, 2022, 03:16 AM
Feb 2022

the same people who don't mind their kids having guns, the same people who call the events of Jan 6 "normal"

THIS is the real "cancel culture"

Behind the Aegis

(53,950 posts)
2. Sounds about right.
Mon Feb 7, 2022, 03:59 AM
Feb 2022

Seems some also want to minimize the tragedy against the Jews or erase our experiences all together.

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