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Stinky The Clown

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11. Did I REALLY need the sarchasm smilie?

Reply to Klaralven (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 1, 2022, 03:59 PM

Feb 2022

And no, sarcasm was not misspelled. Sarchasm is a different word, used when the utterer of sarcasm is heard as having been said with seriousness.

And since we're being serious, NO book should be banned.

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Is Mein Kampf still a permitted text in schools in right wing areas? [View all] Stinky The Clown Feb 2022 OP

If at all, then only for symbolic reasons. Aristus Feb 2022 #1

Is it poorly written?... lame54 Feb 2022 #10

I've read the whole thing, but it was tough going. Aristus Feb 2022 #12

Maybe it's considered an alternative - OhZone Feb 2022 #2

It was required reading for me for a course I took in college. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #3

A new law in Indiana says teachers have to be Neutral Toward Nazism. Captain Zero Feb 2022 #4

Not a law. Senate killed it. TheProle Feb 2022 #16

Permitted? Well, I can count on one finger the number of people MineralMan Feb 2022 #5

Is Mein Kampf a book that you want K-12 children to read? Klaralven Feb 2022 #6

Did I REALLY need the sarchasm smilie? Stinky The Clown Feb 2022 #11

Over a decade ago, when I sold books in Northern Virginia. rogue emissary Feb 2022 #7

Not permitted. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #8

It's the book club pick lame54 Feb 2022 #9

When I was stationed in Berlin... jmowreader Feb 2022 #13

The Google preview is probably quite enough Klaralven Feb 2022 #14

Turner Diaries is the second most popular book in right wing areas. sarcasmo Feb 2022 #15