But at the same time the value of preserving historical propaganda is different from destroying some of current bigoted propaganda as it’s being put out for mass dissemination. There’s a difference between an academic in the 90s studying der sturmer and an average German getting their hands on the same text in the 30s.

I don’t think Harry Potter counts for that, but Irreversible Damage sure does. If you start going into the library of congress and trying to destroy their copy I’ll have a problem, but attacking the copies at a target is fair game.

[–] EtherWhack 1 points 10 months ago

I think that would be more defined as a protest. Book burnings tend to imply that all media about a subject is being destroyed. It's a case of semantics, I guess.

[–] MindSkipperBro12 -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Then place it in a museum and burn the ones at Barns and Noble.

[–] EdibleFriend 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That's the argument for statues not books. Why in the ever living fuck would you put a copy of some racist book in a museum?

[–] MindSkipperBro12 -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For people to see the sins of our past. I guarantee you that there’s a Mien Kampf in a WW2 museum somewhere.

[–] EdibleFriend 4 points 10 months ago

That's a little different because that's a book that Hitler wrote so it has huge historical context. I'm saying we shouldn't burn all offensive books. You're saying all the offensive books should go in a museum.