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gordianot

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39. Velshi tracks banned books you might check his website for details.

Mon Oct 10, 2022, 08:44 AM

Oct 2022

Why? that is a good question . The series was written to encourage a STEM activity for adolescent girls. Right up there with the old Baby Sitters Club which I guess is OK. It must be young females who want to code is intimidating. This makes as much sense as the group that wanted to ban Huck Finn at Hannibal MO School Board meeting. Apparently Girls coding is being banned.

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The Wizard of Oz is trending on Twitter. Why? Because the book has been banned. [View all] CatWoman Oct 2022 OP

I think Dr. Oz is the one that needs to be banned Blue Owl Oct 2022 #1

My thought as well......BAN HIM. a kennedy Oct 2022 #24

Wtaf??? SheltieLover Oct 2022 #2

Too blurry I can't make it out Fullduplexxx Oct 2022 #3

.... CatWoman Oct 2022 #7

Good grief maybe worse than banning the girls coding club I saw on Velshi yesterday. gordianot Oct 2022 #4

Who did Rebl2 Oct 2022 #11

Velshi tracks banned books you might check his website for details. gordianot Oct 2022 #39

Why would they display it if they banned it? egduj Oct 2022 #5

They are displaying books that have been banned at one time or another often regionally. Quixote1818 Oct 2022 #17

So some jackass in Podunk Montana banned it and Barnes is using it as an advertising stunt. egduj Oct 2022 #20

C'mon. They are booksellers. The good guys in this debate. I'd give them a little..... RussellCattle Oct 2022 #26

Disagree 10000% Tommymac Oct 2022 #28

Getting kids to read banned books is a great idea no matter what the business reasons paleotn Oct 2022 #29

But why not use it to their advantage ? JI7 Oct 2022 #33

Bookstore- not school or whatever banned it. we can do it Oct 2022 #18

The characterization on the placard is from a 1928 ban TheProle Oct 2022 #6

Banned where? iemanja Oct 2022 #8

Here you go Quixote1818 Oct 2022 #16

Your link doesn't work iemanja Oct 2022 #35

Strange. It works every time I click on it. nt Quixote1818 Oct 2022 #41

Not for me iemanja Oct 2022 #44

Here is what is says Quixote1818 Oct 2022 #49

How ridiculous iemanja Oct 2022 #50

Chittenango NY of course whistler162 Oct 2022 #21

The book isn't exactly like the movie. twodogsbarking Oct 2022 #9

Most aren't but is this more so than others ? JI7 Oct 2022 #34

Hey, banning a book can be a great selling point PatSeg Oct 2022 #10

Likely Rebl2 Oct 2022 #12

Lion, witch, and the wardrobe is a Christian allegory JT45242 Oct 2022 #13

That was my thought too. They ought to read the Bible. nolabear Oct 2022 #54

"banned"??? 😲 nt Raine Oct 2022 #14

Highly misleading title Polybius Oct 2022 #15

Barnes & Noble is not banning ANY books. Please clarify your post. hlthe2b Oct 2022 #22

It is not a misleading title. I have seen Barnes and Noble do these displays before PA_jen Oct 2022 #32

Honestly, most who have any acquaintance with bookstores, and some niyad Oct 2022 #37

You seem to be the only one around here with a problem understanding n/t kcr Oct 2022 #38

Read the replies before mine Polybius Oct 2022 #40

someone once said tht " every banned book is a light unto the world" . AllaN01Bear Oct 2022 #19

I applaud the fact the B&N is encouraging kids to read and to think for themselves 70sEraVet Oct 2022 #23

My wife and I ONLY put banned books in our little library, and our Halfpriced Books has a section CCExile Oct 2022 #25

Because Dorothy revealed that The Wizard was a fraud? no_hypocrisy Oct 2022 #27

L. Frank Baum's mother in law was a famous suffragette. LisaM Oct 2022 #30

Still an active sentiment in republican circles... 'Women should not hold leadership roles.' keithbvadu2 Oct 2022 #31

Twitter replies: Rhiannon12866 Oct 2022 #36

Are they referring to Dorothy, the Good Witch Glenda, or the Wicked Witch of the West? milestogo Oct 2022 #42

The Fundamentalist Christians have a valid point about good witches. Towlie Oct 2022 #43

Danged monks -- bad translation of "poisoner" to "witch". Thousands of women murdered. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #46

Too bad God is so impotent that he couldn't correct that mistranslation of his word. Towlie Oct 2022 #47

"God works in misogynistic ways" -- Can we ban that 'women-are-property' book? Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #48

Thank you. I made it up on the spot and Google says it's original! Towlie Oct 2022 #51

It wonderfuly encapsulates what has been taught for centuries. I hope it goes viral! Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #52

Dr. Oz- Wizard of Lies LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2022 #45

Can y'all read those reasons? 😳 nolabear Oct 2022 #53