Makes sense, a bare butt is inherently pornographic.

Remember when John Ashcroft covered up the statue of Lady Justice because she has a boobie out? These puritanical prudes are so fucking weird.

republicans are gonna be real shocked when they find out calvin's stance on deforestation and urban sprawl.

US missed the Holy Inquisition the first time around, so they're making up for lost time.

Make America Saudi Arabia again!

That's great news, these books are going to be read a lot more now! 😀

I have Stupendous Man on my arm. What I’m trying to say is that I take this personally.

Fucking Calvin & Hobbes?!

Are you fucking kidding me right now?!

Those ‘guidelines’ are pretty wide open. The Bible certainly makes the grade for a ban.

Having a well educated population capable of critical thought is a direct threat to the oligarchy.

children’s poet Shel Silverstein

What? Is that the same Shel Silverstein as 2 time Grammy winning, Johnny Cash swongwriter, Academy awards and Golden Globe nominee, and Playboy Cartoonist, also prolific one act playwright, Shel Silverstein?

The answer is yes.
I just think he needs someone to shout out his other works in here in case you didn't know.

Damn, Tennessee right wing. Y'all some backwards-ass motherfuckers.

Making sure those kids have play-dough brains.

Restrict the kinds of ideas children can learn about, and you get evangelical MAGAs. Dictatorships always restrict information.

Did no one else clock that GRAY'S ANATOMY is in that picture? The fuck?

The foremost anatomical textbook, so well-devised and illustrated that it is still in use today?

Well, let's hope that nobody's trying to teach anatomy in those schools, because even pictures of the _dissected musculature of the pubic area is sufficient to result in a ban

Also, it seems we're ignoring the fact that every single book touching on ANY kind of mythology or history of the ancient world is being banned.

Nazis

Arm yourselves.

This doesn’t end without millions dead

I can't empathise with these book banners. If I had a kid, I'd probably be happier with them reading a book by a conservative ideologue than them not reading anything at all.

Can't have anyone learning now, can we?

A country that bans Calvin and Hobbes is not worthy of that name.

Some parts of the US population are so intellectually fucked up, it's hard to believe witnessing it from the outside while also knowing perfectly well how fucking smart and bright other parts of the exact same population are at the same time.

But fear not, dear USA, you're not alone in that dumbefuckery shitshow your're putting on for the world to see as we have the same kind of morons thriving around here, in France, too. They too like to (try to) ban and forbid stuff, they're just a tad dumber than your own dumbfucks.

Once they will realize banning books is not enough, I suppose they will ask for laws allowing to take them out of our private home, and burn them, to show how bad those books are. Like some other absolute assholes already did some 80/90 years ago.

I'm sorry for being so negative. It's just... They're exhausting. I wish they would take some rest, once in a while.

Can’t find confirmation, but given the way the headline is written I’m guessing that it’s not Calvin and Hobbes that’s banned, but his illustrated book The Mysteries?

Can't have books about cats.

Every time you find out the reasons why or figure out the criteria of why the ban is in place for any book .... the Christian Bible should also be banned for the same reasons.

Calvin and Hobbes? Wow.

This country has a lot to reconcile if responsible adults ever get back in power and start fixing things.

I only read through Maus yesterday. I'm not sure what left me more haunted - some of the recollections, or the reading of Wikipedia about the camps and extermination afterwards.

It's a disgrace that reminders of past human mistakes and atrocities are suppressed.

Every time you see a book ban, buy or download the book for posterity.

WHAT DID MAGIC TREEHOUSE DO?

What kind of monster bans Calvin and Hobbes!?