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In reply to the discussion: Sarah Palin: Obama "shielded your children" from reading “Nineteen Eight-Four” in school. [View all]warrior1
(12,325 posts)1. What the fuck is she even talking about?
wait, I don't care..
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Sarah Palin: Obama "shielded your children" from reading “Nineteen Eight-Four” in school. [View all]
Miles Archer
Feb 2014
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I've always had this nagging little feeling about Todd Palin flying loads of meth out in his private
Ghost in the Machine
Feb 2014
#55
If anyone is shielding kids from reading 1984 and Animal Farm, you can bet it's rightwing nutjobs.
tanyev
Feb 2014
#13
Didn't Palin try and ban books in libraries at Wasilla Public Library when she was acting as Mayor?
HipChick
Feb 2014
#27
Hmmm... blames Obama for everything. Uses the term "Orwellian' and has no freaking clue
Number23
Feb 2014
#29
He has never been more than a Moderate Liberal....duh...I knew that going in....
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#61
Since YOU seem to have decided you know what I mean without having to even ask
Number23
Feb 2014
#65
son is reading it right now in school. other son did years ago. and animal farm. so??? nt
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#30
My liberal San Francisco-living English teacher did NOT shield us from reading that book.
alp227
Feb 2014
#39
And the Pledge of Allegiance was also written by a socialist--and didn't include any reference
tblue37
Feb 2014
#59
Here's my daughter starring in a high school English "1984 project" in 2012
riderinthestorm
Feb 2014
#49
I live in Randy Hultgren's district, a major Teabagger. Its not banned and taught in school nt
riderinthestorm
Feb 2014
#58
She didn't, actually, write the linked opinion piece. Too much work, one imagines.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2014
#67