Iamwritinganovel t1_ja4vqa0 wrote
I liked his books. He is not groundbreaking, but he has some interesting insights and findings.
He is worth examining yourself, as is every author who gets cancelled or blocked. Whenever there is a movement to silence an author, I try to read what they have to say.
Joperhop t1_ja4w32w wrote
for someone cancelled... he sure does not shut up. Just another buzzword used to gain the right wings sympathy and get more sales.
Iamwritinganovel t1_ja4zxmx wrote
That is one of the consequences of any effort to silence someone. Like I said, he isn't groundbreaking or life changing, though he is interesting. I tried listening to his podcasts, but he hasn't really come up with anything new to make it worth my time. But for the efforts to cancel him, he might be mostly unknown.
horrorqueer101 t1_ja4wwi9 wrote
Lmao that’s a great way to build a world view entirely on bullshit. “I only read things by people who are so wrong about what they’re saying that there’s public backlash over it”. I swear people like you work hard every day to make yourselves dumber.
ahufflepuffhobbit t1_ja4ycun wrote
I think there's a difference between wanting to examine for yourself books that were "cancelled" to understand the causes of the controversy and if you agree with them, and building a world view entirely on bullshit. It depends on whether you only read these books or if you read other points of view too.
Iamwritinganovel t1_ja4ykop wrote
It sounds like public backlash renders them wrong? No one should seek to form their own opinion?
horrorqueer101 t1_ja4z8h7 wrote
You got it backwards my guy. The backlash comes because of the problem, it doesn’t create the problem.
Iamwritinganovel t1_ja50dlc wrote
It does not come due to any problem I have. It creates a desire among the open-minded to discover for themselves if the "problem" is real or agenda driven.
horrorqueer101 t1_ja5zkpi wrote
You’re just using “open minded” to mean “I think I’m smarter than the thousands of experts who have been studying this subject all their life”.
misdirected_asshole t1_ja4yfi6 wrote
Serious question, have you or do you plan to read books that have recently been banned in states like Florida
Iamwritinganovel t1_ja4z69j wrote
I am not opposed to reading them, though it looks like those are kids' books. If I lived in Florida and had kids I would want to know why they were banned and would do the research myself.
misdirected_asshole t1_ja53n7u wrote
Yeah I linked the wrong link. It's updated now to include the books that are ~higher level also. There are a few what would be considered classics on there like Brave New World and The Bluest Eye.
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