If I made a list of my favorite authors, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. would be at the top. If I made a list of my favorite books, his novel Slaughterhouse Five would be at the top. It's the only book I've read three times, and I'll probably read it two or three more. Slaughterhouse Five is the book that introduced me to Vonnegut, whose writing influenced my own and has given me hours of reading enjoyment.
An editorial in USA Today protests the decision of a Missouri school board to ban Slaughterhouse Five, and reading about it pisses me off. My biggest problem with the Republican Party is the fact that it's dominated by social conservatives who see immorality and atheism everywhere they look, and want to limit or eliminate the access of everyone else to things they find offensive. Fuck them and the horses they rode in on.
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