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    Index Tome 5

    Meanwhile banned Books in Schools (Dangerous stuff)

    I’m understanding more and more how a stupid pedo_asshole can be voted as president by so much people.

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    Looking back when I was growing up I think the most nefarious thing about books like this is that printing gave a lot of implied legitimacy because it was expensive to print a book.

    Speaks to how much money these people had to miseducate people.

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    So where does that put people who have been electrified? Did they simply die of terror because they thought they had grasped a live wire?

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      God called their souls home. Of course. HE works in mysterious ways but we do live in His universe and we have to trust His wisdom.

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    Now, i usually don’t advocate for book burning, but this one is making a compelling case

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      slow down there bud. burning the book would release co2 to the atmosphere and only return ashes and heat.

      RECYCLING THE BOOK enables it to have a chance at being a better book, a book not fulla shit. a book someone should read. The tree that was cut down to make these ridiculous pages deserves better.

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    De-energize an electrical panel, remove the panel covers, energize it and let them fuck around and find out.

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    This is somehow more offensive to my brain than if they’d simply said “electricity is god”. The way they completely muddy the issue, making the reader not just misinformed but made to feel complacent, like there’s no correct information to be found, is way more grotesque. It shuts down the mind of the reader. It’s anti-education.

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      That is the sense of religion and because it is so used by goverments. Ignorant and submisive people are easier to dominate and manipulate.

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    And with the dismantling of the US Department of education, things are going to get a lot, lot worse.

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      This is from 1976 (uncertain if this specific passage was change from the original run though)

      The US education system has been slowly, but surely gutted since then

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        Conservatism needs its masses of ignorant and near-illiterate electorate who cannot think for themselves and cannot use critical thinking to realize how badly they are being hoodwinked. This hollowing out of the educational system has been done on purpose to bulk up the Republican electorate.

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    This is the stupidest shit I have heard in my life. Ever seen fucking sparks? Ever had to deal with static electricity? What do they mean they don’t know where electricity comes from? We have power plants and an entire grid to provide electricity. The ways to generate electricity is extremely well known and are common fucking knowledge… I mean I learned it as a kid from cartoons and video games.

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    This just in, no one has ever seen lightning, and if you say you have, we’ll have to burn you at the stake to protect the children.