Thread: Books and Problematic Authors
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Old 07-16-2020, 05:24 AM   #189
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Originally Posted by Rand Brittain View Post
Is literally anybody calling for the banning of authors, or that you should "stop reading" books that have bad opinions? Pretty much nobody is calling for that.

People are pointing out that Rowling is a terrible person and that we should stop giving her money and stop allowing her to be a celebrity because her proper place is in disgrace.

(The real reason for not teaching Shakespeare in school, or most of the other books that get taught in high school, is that kids don't enjoy him and forcing them to read "the classics" mostly just teaches them to hate reading.)
Rowling is a terrible person? Gee, I hadn't heard that. I heard that she expressed a view on a particular subject that was fairly mainstream a few years ago but no longer matches whatever the politically correct view is this week, so people went after her in social media. What exactly has she done that makes her a terrible person?
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