“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.

  • IninewCrowEnglish
    106•8 days 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

    • @IamSparticles@lemmy.zipEnglish
      6•7 days ago

      “Those who want to burn books are either afraid of the ideas contained within the covers or they haven’t the courage to stand up for the views which they themselves profess to hold.”

      -Tommy Douglas

      Speech, Saskatchewan Legislature, February 17, 1954.

      • IninewCrowEnglish
        3•7 days ago

        Tommy Douglas, truly a great man … who led the movement that made it possible for public health care in Canada.

    • AmidFuror
      38•8 days ago

      God is on their side, but for some reason He can only accomplish His goals by having humans act on His behalf. By coincidence, the same would be true if there were no God at all.

    • @BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
      6•8 days 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.