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Originally Posted by Fluribus
There is historical precedence to almost everything. There is no evidence for this in the US today.
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Book burning is uncommon in the US, because of the negative publicity it creates.
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I'm generally a libertarian. If some rocker wants to smash his $20,000 guitar...let him do so. If some violinist wants to smash his Stradivarius violin...let him do so. If some schmoe wants to burn his copy of a book, let him do so. As long as nobody is harmed, I should not have veto power over what others do with their property.
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No one is saying he can't. No one has claimed veto power. But freedom of speech works both ways.
Of course, these weren't his books.
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The urge to make others do what we think they ought to do is a more serious danger to life and liberty than some bozo burning a copy of a book.
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Ignoring history is the danger.