Despite his decisive primary victory and impressive campaign, many Democratic lawmakers are refusing to endorse Zohran Mamdani and are spreading baseless lies and smears in the process.
  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I swear Americans have never read a book that wasn’t Harry Potter in their lives.

    Nonsense. Some of them have read The Bible.

    • Nasan@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      2 days ago

      Also Catcher in the Rye, though maybe that’s a better example for reasons Americans shouldn’t read books. Probably could’ve gotten a few more years out of Lennon.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        As a coming-of-age book, particularly for American teenagers, “Catcher in the Rye” resonates for a reason. It does an excellent job of capturing the moment from a sympathetic point of view. And then you read it ten years later, thinking to yourself “Holy shit was I really like this?” only to realize you absolutely were.