• milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
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    10 hours ago

    Have you read 1984? I have, and in my opinion it is inappropriate for children.

    I also feel videos showing people killing cats are inappropriate for children, and I think most people agree on that.

    The meme is pointing out the incongruity there. But it’s being taken as if people are allowing the cat killing videos therefore we should allow 1984 for children. And also implying the problem with 1984 is about political influence or such like. Rather, the problem (wrt children) is the way it handles adult themes, and also we should be protecting children from the cat killing videos also.

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      7 hours ago

      I read it in middle school and it was one of my favorite books for years after. The topics are not too adult for school. We should obviously protect children, but prudishness and politics should not dictate school libraries