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Jeanne's avatar

I was a high school teacher for many years and included Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Zora Neal Thurston, James Baldwin, and many others in the novels we read. Black authors write about their lives, past and present, and I can’t tell you how many of my students of various races thanked me for opening their minds to what other Americans have endured.

Shame on those who want to shut those books, silence their stories! If the truth will set you free, then hiding the truth will leave a generation enslaved by ignorance.

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Dan - I have concluded that if American democracy dies (which it very well might), it will NOT be because of people like DeSantis. No. It will be because American Journalism FAILED miserably to report on the "elephant in the room": that we are at war with an internal enemy. False Equivalency does NOT permit this war to be seen. It hides the truth! We have a "domestic enemy" (sorry but it's true). Why do I say "enemy"? Because people like DeSantis are no better that Putin: They want to rule not govern. They want to control not serve. They have no interest in "We, the People". Instead, their only interest is in "Me, the Dominator"! Please, Dan, help your fellow journalists see the error of their ways... help them see that by FAILING to report the existence of this internal war... this civil war... they are disarming the American public... taking away our ability to fight. And in doing so, those journalists are allowing democracy to die.

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