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reACTIONary

(7,297 posts) Sat Nov 27, 2021, 09:46 AM Nov 2021

Take all books off the shelves. They're just too dangerous. [View all]

Books make you cry, show you despair in a handful of dust, counterfeit life in strange ways and cheat you with shadows. Books follow you home and pry open your head and rearrange the things inside.

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Take all books off the shelves. They're just too dangerous. [View all] reACTIONary Nov 2021 OP

Huh. I thought that was the point. TigressDem Nov 2021 #1

That is the point of the opinion. intheflow Nov 2021 #2

Ah, satire. TigressDem Nov 2021 #3

Kick dalton99a Nov 2021 #4

However, it did take me a lot to get through Thom Hartman's book about Oligarchy TigressDem Nov 2021 #5

Amen. He's tough. Reality isn't for the faint of heart. I feel the stronger for keeping ancianita Nov 2021 #6