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This is a normal post Burning racist books is the same as racists burning books of course

(benito vaselini no not that one, Sun 12 Sep 2021, 19:55, Reply)
This is a normal post Racists have feelings too.
Obviously millions of books are pulped or burned ever year, but racist ones are especially precious.
 (I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sun 12 Sep 2021, 20:18, Reply)
This is a normal post Has your account been hacked by brb?

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 12 Sep 2021, 21:03, Reply)
This is a normal post lol
Just some light trolling.
 (I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sun 12 Sep 2021, 21:06, Reply)
This is a normal post You’re right. Catholics burning books is good.

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 12 Sep 2021, 20:54, Reply)
This is a normal post When books are burned...
...it is usually on the pretext that the contents are dangerous.
The way to ensure that ideas, thoughts, opinions aren’t destroyed by those who want to silence them isn’t to say “we’ll only burn bad books”, it’s by saying “burning books is never a thing to be celebrated”

Critique a racist book. Analyse it, annotate it, say something insightful about its content. It’s bizarre that people don’t grasp this
 (clinteastwoodbradfield, Mon 13 Sep 2021, 8:05, Reply)
This is a normal post I think people get it
Eliminating history or texts usually occurs when you want to replace it with a new narrative that suits your cause. It's never for good reasons.
 (plankton, Mon 13 Sep 2021, 11:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Perhaps they've already tried writing a sternly worded letter

(benito vaselini no not that one, Mon 13 Sep 2021, 16:58, Reply)
This is a normal post Would it be a decent compromise to include a content warning?
- like they do for old films with dodgier content than we'd comfortably tolerate these days?

On a related note, isn't it curious that we have widespread state film censorship, but it's far less common to see literary censorship.
 (I helped save b3ta! Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Mon 13 Sep 2021, 19:14, Reply)
This is a normal post Tell that to Kate Clanchy.

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 13 Sep 2021, 19:58, Reply)
This is a normal post It's disappointing that she gave in to all the pearl clutching in the end.
I suspect that the vast majority of folk denouncing her for her 'racist' and 'ableist' overtones likely had no intention of reading her book in the first place.
People make a hobby of finding things to get morally outraged by these days. Instead of bowing to their demands of inoffensive vaguery, why not grow a fucking backbone and tell them to shit off, instead?
 (Tony Hayers DEFUND THE POLICE, Mon 13 Sep 2021, 22:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Wasn't she responding to public criticism rather than being censored by a state body, though?
It's not like she was legally obliged to make cuts or anything.
 (I helped save b3ta! Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Tue 14 Sep 2021, 6:56, Reply)