“I condemn this act, not only because it is a crime against our institutions and community, but also because it is fundamentally un-American. This nation was founded on the right to free speech and open expression, and our libraries are the embodiment of that promise."

The Beachwood Police Department reported on May 2 the man checked out the hundred books from the Cuyahoga County Public Library Beachwood Branch, and posted a video of him burning the books on social media.

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 months ago

    If your faith and beliefs are so righteous, strong, moral and important … you would never need to burn books to make others follow your convictions.

    Burning books just goes to show how deranged and unbalanced your beliefs are

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
      3·
      4 months ago

      I wouldn’t burn a copy of Mein Kampf, unless that’s the only political point of view in the library. I’m sure that library had plenty of right-wing books and were much more popular.