Slavoj Žižek afferma che la rimozione del suo libro dalle librerie russe è arrivata come “nessuna sorpresa”
https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/05/30/slavoj-zizek-says-removal-of-his-book-from-russian-bookstores-came-as-no-surprise-en-news
di duckanroll
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What? No temper tantrum? Boring.
When fear of an idea trumps freedom of thought.
Censorship is the unhealthy diet of any democratic society
> Nothing new, no surprise. In the USA, school and public libraries are for years throwing out books they consider dangerous, literature and theory. The difference is that in the US it is done not by the state but by local communities — parents’ unions, school boards — which is for me even more horrible
Russia does something bad? Quick, have to come up with how USA is even worse!
Sorry, why downvotes, I’m simply quoting the article. Russia bans this guy’s books and first thing that comes out of his mouth is “whatabout USA”. He must be on Reddit lol.
Another update: since I’m having surprising amount of people willing to argue on what the term “whataboutism” means:
> the act or practice of responding to an accusation of wrongdoing by claiming that an offense committed by another is similar or worse
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whataboutism
He makes another interesting point:
>Nothing new, no surprise. In the USA, school and public libraries are for years throwing out books they consider dangerous, literature and theory. The difference is that in the US it is done not by the state but by local communities — parents’ unions, school boards — which is for me even more horrible
Censorship is spreading amongst the illiberal dictatorships