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Who's read/is reading Rushdie?
So the other day I decided to pick up a copy of The Satanic Verses yesterday, and the looks started as soon as I reached the register. This is fine with me, I expected it. People can be silly and close-minded and ignorant sometimes... No big deal. I start walking around with this book and reading it, around neighbors, family, friends, and nobody didn't flinch when they saw what I was reading, save one good friend. One guy even took a swing at me. I'm tempted to keep my reading it on the down-low, but I think it should be perfectly acceptable for me to read what I want, when I want, without fear of getting sucker-punched.
Now I can understand a certain amount of it, as I said before, but the possibility of physical harm got me wondering. Who else around here has read this? What kinds of reactions did you get? Thoughts on the subject?
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