absolutely incredible sub-plot in the VA gov race. lady in the latest Youngkin ad *told WaPo* that her son was so triggered by a Toni Morrison book that he had night terrors and she tried to get the school to ban it
https://twitter.com/Fritschner/status/1452827655590514698
"yes Mr. National Reporter, my son can't handle Beloved. it was his first book since Goodnight Moon. yes this is on the record"
reminder that despite conservatives' recent posturing and #rebrand nobody is more easily triggered, nobody demands more safe spaces, and nobody is more hostile to free speech and free inquiry
and like, let's be real here. white, conservative, Republican operative family from Virginia. did they really object to violence *as such* in Toni Morrison? or was it something else
the "too scared to read Toni Morrison" guy's marriage got written up in the NYT lol (h/t @tyler_bellstrom) nytimes.com/2020/12/18/sty…
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