Fahrenheit 451’s firemen behave a lot like ICE agents while the book suppression is becoming increasingly familiar.
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Fahrenheit 451, ICE, and MAGA Book Suppression
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Pratchett on Paperwork and Accountability
Pratchett’s “Fifth Elephant” has a running joke about paperwork, but its bigger theme is the urge to escape all accountability as one abuses power. ICE agents should read it.
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AG Bondi as Don Trump’s Consigliere
In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, AG Pam Bondi proved herself Trump’s loyal consigliere (c.f. Puzo’s Godfather).
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T.S. Eliot, Tolkien, Gaiman, and ICE
A post associating a T.S. Eliot quotation, a Tolkien passage, and a Gaiman episode from “American Gods” with ICE’s withdrawal from Minnesota.
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Minneapolis and Measure for Measure
Trump’s corrupt offer to Minnesota—give up your voting records and we’ll withdraw ICE—brings to mind Angelo’s corrupt offer in “Measure for Measure.”
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ICE Misuses Charlotte’s Web
If the devil can quote the scriptures to his purpose, so can ICE quote “Charlotte’s Web.” In fact, the book is antithetical to ICE values.
ICE and W.C. Williams’s Ice Box Theft
An Atlantic article applies Williams’s famous plum poet to the “Sandwich Guy” arrested by ICE for “hurling a hoagie.” But the poem applies more to the agents.
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ICE Violates Charlotte’s Web
ICE has perverted “Charlotte Web” in its invasion of Charlotte.
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Pullman Anticipates ICE Brutality
In “The Secret Commonwealth,” Pullman anticipates ICE’s bullying tactics.
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