• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      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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      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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      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.