#VelshiBannedBookClub

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  • Опубліковано 3 сер 2024

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  • @Chulitatr
    @Chulitatr Рік тому +4

    "The secret to freedom is in educating the people, whereas the secret to tyranny is keeping them ignorant." Robespierre

  • @aishabintabubakr4944
    @aishabintabubakr4944 Рік тому +2

    Her comparsion to Vladmir N - is interesting since he wrote a book about sleepinf with children

  • @maymay.freitas
    @maymay.freitas 10 місяців тому

    she is my favorite living author, thanks for sharing this interview, lauren is brilliant!

  • @TheDiamond2009
    @TheDiamond2009 Рік тому +5

    It’s the Banned Book Club. So, is it yet another book that hasn’t actually been banned?

    • @rondesanctimonious2591
      @rondesanctimonious2591 Рік тому +1

      Banned in Florida

    • @TheChopf26
      @TheChopf26 Рік тому

      @@rondesanctimonious2591 that's not true at all.

    • @flugsven
      @flugsven Рік тому

      They are not always banned everywhere.

    • @Chulitatr
      @Chulitatr Рік тому

      "The secret to freedom is in educating the people, whereas the secret to tyranny is keeping them ignorant." Robespierre

  • @aishabintabubakr4944
    @aishabintabubakr4944 Рік тому +1

    The fact that this lady has a say in our country is terrifying

    • @t.k3025
      @t.k3025 11 місяців тому

      The fact that this lady has a say in our country is satisfying.

  • @lenastropestrope1335
    @lenastropestrope1335 Рік тому +2

    This is what happens when you take the waiter out of Dr.Seuss books and the familiar kind face off of syrup

    • @Chulitatr
      @Chulitatr Рік тому

      That's what fascism looks like too. "The secret to freedom is in educating the people, whereas the secret to tyranny is keeping them ignorant." Robespierre

  • @winstonsmith6607
    @winstonsmith6607 Рік тому +8

    I'm still waiting for Velshi to talk about Scott Adams. It's amazing how the champions of cancel culture can virtue signal about book banning.

    • @Cloud-10-TSJ
      @Cloud-10-TSJ Рік тому

      Scottder dervirtyuu dur duhurrr purrruhpDerp
      Puuhhhhh

    • @DarthSailorMoo
      @DarthSailorMoo Рік тому

      Do you still wait for your fairy tale fantasies in your sleep?

    • @suzanne9150
      @suzanne9150 Рік тому +2

      WHY should books about Rosa Parks, MLK, Roberto Clemente, Jackie Robinson, Anne Frank and thousands of others be banned? Parents should decide what their kids read.....NOT GOVERNMENTS.

    • @DarthSailorMoo
      @DarthSailorMoo Рік тому

      @@suzanne9150 Arguing with a child who thinks fairy tale fantasies are real with facts isn't gonna go anywhere. You're gonna have to be dumbed down to their level.

    • @winstonsmith6607
      @winstonsmith6607 Рік тому

      @@suzanne9150 The NBA suspended Kyrie Irving for promoting a book in a tweet. He wasn't promoting it in a school setting, he was just tweeting about it. And they suspended him for it. How is that fair? And no, Velshi didn't address it.

  • @Kingfisher1215
    @Kingfisher1215 Рік тому +2

    So Velshiiiii. What’s your take on threatening journalists with jail? How about journalists making unsubstantiated claims of lying? Might speak with Mehdi about all of this.

    • @7thpilot
      @7thpilot Рік тому

      Like Maddow saying get Vaccinated and you cant and wont get Covid!!!!

    • @TheDiamond2009
      @TheDiamond2009 Рік тому

      Mehdi Hasan is vile. I was glad he left the UK, but now you’ve got him. Sorry about that, squire.
      You should certainly have a closer look at his history, it makes for interesting viewing. Jimmy Dore’s and Glenn Greenwald’s channels cover it.

    • @TheDiamond2009
      @TheDiamond2009 Рік тому

      Stacey Plaskett, Democrat Fascist.

  • @thomasdequincey5811
    @thomasdequincey5811 Рік тому +4

    From the moment "power and privilege" was mentioned I listened on autopilot.
    Edit: Looking back through 'Banned Book Club' episodes the thing I take away from them is this - women love to talk...about nothing much...a lot.

    • @flugsven
      @flugsven Рік тому +3

      So books you aren't interested in might as well be banned, mr omnipotent? 🤣

  • @Sam-le6sp
    @Sam-le6sp Рік тому +2

    7:41 I will never get back.....droning on and and on about NOTHING!!!!!!

    • @flugsven
      @flugsven Рік тому

      You mean: something that didn't interest you and/or you didn't get.

    • @Chulitatr
      @Chulitatr Рік тому

      "The secret to freedom is in educating the people, whereas the secret to tyranny is keeping them ignorant." Robespierre

    • @Chulitatr
      @Chulitatr Рік тому

      "The secret to freedom is in educating the people, whereas the secret to tyranny is keeping them ignorant." Robespierre

  • @branevans3705
    @branevans3705 Рік тому +2

    Listening to the author speak so eloquently and nuanced, then comparing that to, let's say, Fla Gov DeSantis or some of the other GOP ignoramuses like MTG. 😂

    • @davidcohen7106
      @davidcohen7106 Рік тому

      🦆-->> This is what the Democrats offered as a alternative to DeSantis... 😁gubernatorial candidate Democrat Andrew Gillum, Married man and father endorsed by Obama was caught by police who found him vomiting on Methamphetamine with an overdosing Male Prostitute. Democrat Gillum, husband/father/ had bags of methamphetamine, a pile of Viagra were found at the scene.

  • @kelperdude
    @kelperdude Рік тому +5

    We've seen illustrations in books that they want in school libraries. Thankfully, the books are taken out.

    • @suzanne9150
      @suzanne9150 Рік тому +3

      Parent's should decide what kids read....NOT the government. THAT'S FASCIST.

    • @jazolisauce5374
      @jazolisauce5374 Рік тому

      Wherever you go, Trump sheep, I'm going to troll you. I'm out of gum, so you know what's up. Are you scared to take me on in conversation? Come on with your Trump approved talking points. I see you are a communist on top of it all. Communists ban books. America promotes critical and free thought. FYI

    • @kelperdude
      @kelperdude Рік тому +6

      @@suzanne9150 - and parents decided they don't want you putting adult materials in school libraries. so you can't. simple.

    • @DarthSailorMoo
      @DarthSailorMoo Рік тому

      @@kelperdude Adults don't believe in fake fairy tale fantasies that comes out of Faux media, that's for children.

    • @suzanne9150
      @suzanne9150 Рік тому

      WHAT BOOKS? NAME THEM because I doubt people like you have ever read a book in your pitiful life.

  • @rosyf123
    @rosyf123 Рік тому

    We all have privilege, to be able bodied, to not have a cognitive disability, to not have generational trauma, skin color. I was born in Mexico but I have light colors skin, I am privileged by white supremacy and I hate that but it’s out of my control, I know I don’t value light skin

  • @scabcrawler632
    @scabcrawler632 Рік тому

    Good for starting bon fires!😂

    • @Chulitatr
      @Chulitatr Рік тому

      "The secret to freedom is in educating the people, whereas the secret to tyranny is keeping them ignorant." Robespierre

  • @Kingfisher1215
    @Kingfisher1215 Рік тому +4

    Apparently it’s not a banned book when leftists do it. 😂😂😂.

    • @Chulitatr
      @Chulitatr Рік тому

      "The secret to freedom is in educating the people, whereas the secret to tyranny is keeping them ignorant." Robespierre When did DEMS ban books? Never, ONLY fascists do it.

    • @willgetbettereventually124
      @willgetbettereventually124 Рік тому

      What does that even mean?