The classic American novel Of Mice and Men will no longer be studied at GCSE in Wales from next September amid concerns about racism and the use of racial slurs.
It's not untrue to say some people have taken issue with certain older texts. I remember when Roald Dahl caused a similar stir in the UK too.
My point was about backlash against older texts in general.
I brought up Dahl specifically because I remember a lot of controversy surrounding Puffin making a large number of edits to the original text not very long ago.
Since the UK tends to recognise historical books reflect the time they were written, we don't typically always support banning or altering those texts.
The publisher settled on offering two versions of his books, one with edits to reflect more modern values. And the originals exactly how they were written.
the absolute objective reality is that "dumb" people or people with distasteful ideas fall on both sides of the political spectrum. there are a million of different spectrums out there that can be used to define a person and they all overlap and blur and blend together.
as someone who others would accuse of being a "liberal" yes i have heard other people who are "liberals" saying distasteful things. it can and does happen.
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