live2rock13 t1_iu49fml wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:15 PM Reply to comment by open_closet in TIL that Fahrenheit 451, a book about a distopian future where books are banned and burned, was banned and burned by the apartheid regime in South Africa with other tens of thousands. by open_closet THANK. YOU! The government did not wake up and just start banning things out of the blue, THE PEOPLE wanted things banned for being "Too offensive" to other people. Permalink Parent 3
live2rock13 t1_iu49fml wrote
Reply to comment by open_closet in TIL that Fahrenheit 451, a book about a distopian future where books are banned and burned, was banned and burned by the apartheid regime in South Africa with other tens of thousands. by open_closet
THANK. YOU! The government did not wake up and just start banning things out of the blue, THE PEOPLE wanted things banned for being "Too offensive" to other people.