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As the National Book Awards came to a close on Wednesday, finalists for the prestigious literary prizes took the stage in New York to speak about the Israel-Hamas war, with others at the ceremony also choosing to address banned books.

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    1 year ago

    Who else has a copy of “Mein Kampf” or “My New Order: A Collection of Speeches” on their nightstand.

    Right guys?

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      Like, I get the joke, but yeah, uniroically people should read those and just about everything else they can. That’s what being well rounded is, taking in all of the information you can, from all sides, interpreting it, and determining how it fits, or doesn’t, with all of the other knowledge you’ve learned.