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   leftwingpatriot said, 8 months ago

   Now you know why she moved to New York.
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   Linguist said, 8 months ago

   Poor Harper, a one hit wonder, and heavily edited at that !
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   Tirasmol said, 8 months ago

   I read this in junior high, some *cough*30*cough* years ago, and I still remember parts of it, as if I had read it yesterday. I can’t say that about most of the books I’ve read.
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   vwdualnomand said, 8 months ago

   it offends southern sensibilities. but, those sensibilities are a whole lot of crap.
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   Tue Elung-Jensen said, 8 months ago

   Books should never have to be banned, but read in the context of the time it was made, and the universe it was written in. Can’t stand people get riled up at fx. Movies that just happens not to have all different skin colors represented and translate it as racist. Similar with books should be able to write books with a (in our view) racist character if it can be justified by the author – ofc it doesnt automaticly make good litterature :p
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   Ms. Ima said, 8 months ago

   The Rush Limbaugh best selling books were banned by liberals.
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   SUSAN NEWMAN said, 8 months ago

   In the South of that time, bigotry always triumphed over common sense.
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   jeffc42 said, 8 months ago

   @Linguist

   I wouldn’t call her a one-hit wonder. Her one book far, far outshines 99% of the prolific authors. If I wrote only one book I would be ecstatic if it was To Kill a Mockingbird…the only book I could ever even think of saying was my favorite (too many great books, but TKAM is always at the top).
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   win said, 8 months ago

   Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me.
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    emjaycee said, 8 months ago

    @win

    I dropped a dictionary on my foot and broke three toes. And got paddled my mom for using some words that were distinctly NOT in the dictionary.
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    bigbeard61 said, 8 months ago

    Poor Harper? She had two lovely homes, an active social life, and traveled widely, until quite recently, when she was debilitated by a stroke. A one-hit wonder that does the world some good and affords a long and happy life? Onne could do worse.
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    bigbeard61 said, 8 months ago

    I would, however, disagree with Atticus: I know exactly what “snot-nose” means, and it’s very easy to explain.
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    ewalnut said, 8 months ago

    Had to ask Bing what the word was. Turned out it was n-i-g-g-e-r and not something to do with a body part.
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    Kip W said, 8 months ago

    It’s also a book that was very well served by the movie adaptation. It’s good to read the book now and then, because there’s more to it than what made it onto the screen. (Fun fact: Dill was based on young Truman Capote.)

    If they ever try to remake it, Gregory Peck will rise from his grave and reluctantly shoot them.
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    Whitecamry said, 8 months ago

    @SUSAN NEWMAN

    In the South of that time, bigotry always triumphed over common sense.

    And in plenty of other places, too.
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