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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1404259)5/26/2023 10:31:37 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 1576851
 
Redneck loggers tried to ban The Lorax, but that was a few decades ago.

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1404259)5/26/2023 12:21:43 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576851
 
Dr. Seuss cancellations:

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J.K. Rowling cancellations:

JK Rowling speaks out on being cancelled over transgender rights (yahoo.com)

JK Rowling is cancelled again: Performing arts school drops Harry Potter author over transgender row | Daily Mail Online

To be sure, though, Harry Potter was originally banned by ultra-conservatives who think the subject matter of wizards and witches is "satanic":

Books That Have Been Banned in Schools (insider.com)
It's not the first time books from the series have been banned. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" made the list of the most challenged books in the 1990s even though the first book was only published in the US in 1999. "Harry Potter" books were also the most challenged books in the following decade, with complaints that they were "anti-family," violent, and Satanic.
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