ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoSchool district bans the dictionary to comply with Ron DeSantis’s book-ban lawwww.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1434arrow-down16 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1428arrow-down1external-linkSchool district bans the dictionary to comply with Ron DeSantis’s book-ban lawwww.lgbtqnation.comZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square34fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·10 months agoI had to look this up, but it is a fact that certain letters were banned. I should not be so amazed. Back in the 1960’s the Greek junta banned the letter Z, because it meant ‘he is alive.’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_junta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_(1969_film) the movie is a fictional, but based on the actual events.
minus-squaredarklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months ago I should not be so amazed. The one thing that amazed me was that it was Erdoğan of all people who eventually found it politically expedient to lift the ban.
I had to look this up, but it is a fact that certain letters were banned. I should not be so amazed. Back in the 1960’s the Greek junta banned the letter Z, because it meant ‘he is alive.’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_junta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_(1969_film) the movie is a fictional, but based on the actual events.
The one thing that amazed me was that it was Erdoğan of all people who eventually found it politically expedient to lift the ban.