• TheThrillOfTime@lemmy.ml
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      10 days ago

      Banning books, like banning movies, is a great way to admit publicly that your position is so weak you can’t tolerate any dissent. Let the power of your ideals stand on their own.

      Edit: ok I’m going to leave this up here because I’m a masochist, but ok I get it. I’m with you guys. Boycott Gal Godot. Ban is functionally a boycott. In the US, this movie would never get banned, but I would 100% boycott it. I didn’t fully think this through and I agree with most of you guys.

      • Rom [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        10 days ago

        So a blanket ban of any books that acknowledge the existence of LGBTQ+ people and banning a single Disney movie for having a war criminal lead actress are exactly the same thing to you? You really can’t tell the difference?

      • huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        10 days ago

        first they came for the disney remakes starring war criminals or whatever, and there was no one left to speak

      • samus12345@lemm.ee
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        10 days ago

        Except in this case, the thing being banned has no message they’re trying to repress. They’re targeting a person who’s in it.