Wednesday, September 28, 2011

#8 on the ALA List of Most Challenged Books of 2010: Barbara Ehrenreich's 'Nickel and Dimed'

For all of the following alleged offenses to some folks' sensibilities: drugs, inaccurate, offensive language, political viewpoint, and religious viewpoint.

But apparently, Ehrenreich's taken-out-of-context phrase, "the wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist", is the lightning rod for criticism.

Some folks lack a sense of humor.

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