• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        They want objectionable Shel Silverstein? Because that can be arranged.

        (I don’t want them banning Shel Silverstein or anyone else, I just think it’s funny that they want to ban the only non-dirty stuff he ever did.)

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        10 months ago

        Shel was a known cannabis user and a bit of a hippie. That’s probably why.

        Fun fact, he also wrote the Johnny Cash song, “a Boy Named Sue”

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        10 months ago

        The theater adaptation of Where the Sidewalk Ends was one of our middle school plays at our decidedly “rural” school.

        One mom had a problem with it, and it was only with the “rebellious” bits. She shut up when every other parent rolled their eyes at her. It’s crazy how attitudes shift.