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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 8114501" data-attributes="member: 8835">Poe's law and all.&nbsp; Mein Kamf disproves you right there.&nbsp; It specifically targets a group with hate.But I think we can rule out works that specifically target a group with hate.&nbsp; Those are inherently offensive.&nbsp; That's their goal.We can also imagine a book the espouses a political view that we agree with by demonizing opponents.&nbsp; That's inherently offensive to our political opponents, even though we know they are Wrong.Let's carve that kind of thing out of the discussion.&nbsp; Some books are written to offend.&nbsp; The core subject isn't about that.&nbsp; It's about &quot;I came to tell a story, and people freaked out&quot;&nbsp; It's sort of the surprise, unlike what Salman Rushdi could have expected.In the Striped Pajamas story, from what I could tell, it was about a boy dealing with their sibling changing gender. It wasn't intended to be anti-transgender (again, from what I can tell), but got stuff wrong like deadnaming the transgender person, using their old gender, etc.&nbsp; Were the people who read it and objected to its handling, victims?&nbsp; Were they concerned about the material because they knew it was a work that would influence people on their views of transgender?&nbsp; I'm pretty sure the latter question is yes.&nbsp; You want the material to be right, because some transgender person has a young sibling and&nbsp; a book could help them understand. Especially because the book was praised and appears to be getting a movie or something.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 8114501, member: 8835"] Poe's law and all. Mein Kamf disproves you right there. It specifically targets a group with hate. But I think we can rule out works that specifically target a group with hate. Those are inherently offensive. That's their goal. We can also imagine a book the espouses a political view that we agree with by demonizing opponents. That's inherently offensive to our political opponents, even though we know they are Wrong. Let's carve that kind of thing out of the discussion. Some books are written to offend. The core subject isn't about that. It's about "I came to tell a story, and people freaked out" It's sort of the surprise, unlike what Salman Rushdi could have expected. In the Striped Pajamas story, from what I could tell, it was about a boy dealing with their sibling changing gender. It wasn't intended to be anti-transgender (again, from what I can tell), but got stuff wrong like deadnaming the transgender person, using their old gender, etc. Were the people who read it and objected to its handling, victims? Were they concerned about the material because they knew it was a work that would influence people on their views of transgender? I'm pretty sure the latter question is yes. You want the material to be right, because some transgender person has a young sibling and a book could help them understand. Especially because the book was praised and appears to be getting a movie or something. [/QUOTE]

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