“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.

  • IamSparticles@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    21 hours 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.

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      18 hours ago

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

    • SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one
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      21 hours ago

      What if it’s shitty Catholic bibles that flanderise and flanderise unti it’s all twisted to serve their own corrupt projection?