Books dumped en masse at Florida's New College, sparking controversy (www.wphm.net)

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The New College of Florida is under fire after what appears to be hundreds of books that have been wiped from its collection and discarded on the street.

The right-wing war on knowledge continues to be a five-alarm fire for American (and world) Democracy and getting worse by the day...

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[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

I’m amazed they didn’t light them on fire. Isn’t that usually what fascists do?

[-] mautamu@midwest.social 7 points 2 months ago

They still can; the day is still young...

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I think they are all just self-aware enough to know that that is too on the nose

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