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Trying to explain 'Maus' to my aunt at Thanksgiving dinner was a disaster
She kept saying 'it's just a comic book' and wouldn't listen when I said it was banned for showing the Holocaust in a way they thought was too real. Anyone else have a family member who just doesn't get why banning books is a big deal?
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campbell.evan16d ago
That "it's just a comic book" mindset is everywhere, like when people dismiss a whole news story as "just politics." It shows how easy it is to ignore hard truths if you can label them as something unserious.
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olivers2816d ago
I saw that same thing happen with climate reports for years. People would call them alarmist or just political noise so they could keep living the same way. It's a real trick to make big problems feel small and far away. Your comic book example nails how that works. We put things in boxes to avoid dealing with them. It's frustrating because the label becomes more important than the actual message.
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