So my phone started blowing up last night because guess who's on the banned book list at the naval academy? Yours truly. Go support an author today and buy a book off of this this list... Doesn't even have to be mine. Gift link coming
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I chaired a student strike at Brown after the invasion of Cambodia and the Kent State shootings. The Naval War College in Newport invited me to meet regularly with officers studying there. Unlike the top brass, they read widely and wanted to learn. Now Butler, Glaude, and Dyson are banned.
Anyone who thinks book banning will help their cause is not intelligent, this isn’t 1960. People can pull up a book online and read to their hearts content
These dudes are so damn fragile. But aside from that, reinforcing their ideological views does enable their agenda long term too. It's not only petty. Also congrats on officially getting a rebel alliance membership.
I've bought and read more books that I'd not known about previously as a result of these asinine book bans. It's great that those ignorant non readers help us this way.
They really think this will work, every time they talk about banning guns, gun sales spike. I hope the same happens to all the authors of these banned books.
Was going to write, “We expect people afraid of Anthea Butler’s book to be brave enough to lead soldiers into battle?”
Then I realized that anyone banning this sort of stuff is going to be desk-jockeys ordering other people into harm’s way while pounding their own chests about how tough they are.
The military academies (I almost went to West Point long ago BTW) have never been especially friendly to anyone but cishet white men. At AFA you'd better be a Christian too. Many non-whites were already staying away.
This is what I've been saying. Next year's class will be 100% white. This is why they've taken over the Academy. It's a test case to see if they CAN do it. Next will be West Point, Air Force, Coast Guard, the Citadel - if they can't stop black people from entering, they won't get rank.
I can't imagine the staff are happy about this takeover at all. They are true Navy Men and Women and must be appalled at this takeover by a Draft Dodger, a General fired, a President Dresser and the dregs of the military forced on the board. It's NOT the staff. Maybe we need protesters there.
I am glad folks are documenting, sharing, and archiving all of the terrible changes. We may lose in the end, but if we do win, we can start repairing what they have smashed.
US Naval Academy has determined that to address threats to national security that banning information will help prepare for those threats. More critical thinking failing by Trump admin 🌍
I also like to point out that REPUBLICANS are domestic terrorists. They seek to destroy our democracy and the operation of the federal government. They are cratering the global economy. Their policies will cause direct harm to human beings and our one beautiful planet. We'll need Nuremberg trials.
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Yay! I need to read a book on this topic since this has been pissing me off since Reagan!
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned
Then I realized that anyone banning this sort of stuff is going to be desk-jockeys ordering other people into harm’s way while pounding their own chests about how tough they are.
I'm so sorry! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
https://datausa.io/profile/university/united-states-naval-academy
What a nightmare.
Here's hoping all the Navy midshippers buy your books for their private reading.
(I kinda envy you because your book got that far to a library shelf. Sigh...)
ahhh yes, good old American free speech
Very insightful and well written.
Thank you
Irresponsible
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