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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY 9 Dec 2015

    A Wisconsin school board member wants to ban a Muppets book because it's too "graphic" http://usat.ly/1NVgXYj pic.twitter.com/rYjqjBMkpD

    3:20 PM - 9 Dec 2015
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      1. Jeff Kaos‏ @JeffKaos 9 Dec 2015
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        @USATODAY I can see the point about kindergarteners being exposed to this. Let them enjoy their innocence. But it also teaches empathy. So..

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      1. SportyVerbiage®‏ @SportyVerbiage 9 Dec 2015
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        @USATODAY Let's all get Mary Carney laid

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      1. (((@peacebw/u)))‏ @lbridges1212 9 Dec 2015
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        @USATODAY Good Grief what next book burnings?

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      2. Vieux Garçon‏ @Le_Gendre_Ideal 9 Dec 2015
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        @USATODAYpic.twitter.com/KOkB5yqxR3

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      1. Lisa Roose-Church‏Verified account @LisaRooseChurch 9 Dec 2015
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        @GeorgiaFreak69 @USATODAY Name calling makes you smarter?

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      1. Thomas J. McKillen‏ @ThomasJinUSA 9 Dec 2015
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        @USATODAY In early grade school years, I watched TV news and war footage from Beirut. How could the Muppets be worse than that?

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      1. Andy Howlett‏ @geekabu 9 Dec 2015
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        @USATODAY Xenophobia aside, she doesn't understand 5-year olds. They start to notice this stuff, & it is traumatic, without explanation.

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      1. BrendaGore‏ @blgore87 9 Dec 2015
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        @USATODAY I really can't believe this book would have a negative outcome. Kids need to learn compassion for fellow humans!

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      1. Mark Proctor‏ @MarkP0831 9 Dec 2015
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        @USATODAY Really? ...really???

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      1. Jeff Kaos‏ @JeffKaos 9 Dec 2015
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        @USATODAY also, it will be easy to figure out who read the article and who has kids.

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      1. Stephen‏ @H673H 9 Dec 2015
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        @USATODAY just another obnoxious group of worthless uneducated people

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