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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Based on your link, I’m not interested in reading his books. But if I wanted to learn a lot about his ideology, I probably would at least start one.
They wouldn’t give me cooties.
Now, I wouldn’t buy one because of concern that I would be funding people who want to kill my family. But I think some of the larger research libraries should. Failure to do so would impede research concerning his ideology.
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To be clear: Books shouldn't be banned. To be honest, I don't really like the term 'problematic author.'
But man, if there is such a thing as a universally problematic author,
that guy fits the bill.
Having acknowledged that, I'm not saying his books should be legally forbidden from being sold. They have directly or indirectly inspired terrorist attacks. But then supposedly, so has Catcher in the Rye.
This is America. He doesn't have a right to be published by the Big Five or to have his books shelved at B&N. But he does have the right to publish his abominable beliefs and to try to peddle them in whatever way he is able to.