Do you support politicians who burn books?

[OtterMan68]

"These books come from a Missouri public library. When I am in office, they will burn."

MO GOP candidate for Sec of State Valentina Gomez

Earlier this year, GOP VA representatives Rabih Abuismail and Livingston representative Kirk Twigg both championed burning books.

"I think we should throw those books in a fire," Abuismail said. Meanwhile, Twigg said he wanted to "see the books before we burn them so we can identify within our community that we are eradicating this bad stuff."

Yes, we need to burn books

No, it smacks of 1933

[AviatorTom]

Any book is published because there us a demand for it. If someone doesn't like a particular book, then don't read it.

[Juxtapose]

There's no need for such a grand gesture when you could just remove obscene material from public schools.

[OtterMan68]

who defines "obscene"

[Juxtapose]

If I can't even post it on this website without getting censored, it's definitely obscene. The book I have quoted on this website has been censored repeatedly so that is a pretty good standard.

[Dongie]

Anything a child, under 18, shouldn't be exposed to definitely doesn't belong in schools.

[Juxtapose]

Thanks for mho, whoever gave it to me. It could have been the question poster or the machine.

[Juxtapose]

Even though getting these points doesn't do anything anymore haha 🤣

[OddBeMe]

I mean…do what you want with your property. The issue in 1934 was to disregard and deem as “evil” books and authors with opposing ideas of the Nazis.

Again, read MAGA only books. But we need to teach all books in schools depending on courses. Not pointing out “sexual” scenes within them. A goddamn anatomy book has sexual elements in it. LOL

Banning books from public schools is all kids of wrong.

[Avicenna]

I think you should provide a lot more detail if you want to be taken seriously.

[OtterMan68]

One is literally burning books, and two are saying it's OK to burn books. How much more detail would justify that?

[Avicenna]

No wonder you leftists are so susceptible to being radicalized by the most obvious propaganda.
What is the content of these books? Is it pornographic or political propaganda material aimed at kids?

You've shown no interest in the content of the books they allegedly want to burn, and you haven't provided where you saw this.

[Dongie]

Precisely

[OtterMan68]

allegedly want to burn? They do want to burn books.

[Dongie]

If the total value of the books is what was presented by parents at the SS school board that the idiots running the meeting would not listen to the filth, then I guess they agree those books should be burned.

[Avicenna]

Otter, why are you unwilling to show us where you read about this?

[Avicenna]

Would you object to Mein Kampf being burned?

[OtterMan68]

What do you mean? A political candidate is LITERALLY BURNING BOOKS. Other candidates are calling for burning books. They aren't just saying "we need to be better about what books are allowed in elementary schools."
I can say "This material should be available in certain places," without wanting to burn books. These politicians cannot, and they have support.

[Avicenna]

You must really have something to hide, Otter. And you aren't even willing to burn (i. e., destroy) Hitler's Mein Kampf. Wow...

Would you ban and/or destroy books that spewed racist hate?

[OtterMan68]

how can you understand Hitler if you don't read his own words?
No, I would not destroy ANY book. Who am I to say what does and does not get read?

[Avicenna]

So you think Mein Kampf is suitable for K-12 and public libraries?

[OtterMan68]

I don't think a lot of elementary schools have it. I also think 99.99% of historians and psychologists would be abhorred if you suggested destroying copies of Mein Kampf.
I remember my world history teacher discussing Mein Kampf when we discussed Nazi Germany.

[OtterMan68]

what books do you want burned?

[Avicenna]

Well, Mein Kampf was banned for a very long time in Germany, yet everyone who attended German schools knew about it and historians wrote quite a bit about it. Have you read it? Do you know what it says about Jews?

[Avicenna]

by the way, here are some lists of books the Nazis burned:

www.zeit.de/.../zehn-buecher-die-die-nazis-1933-verbrannten-und-die-ihr-lesen-solltet

de.wikipedia.org/.../Liste_der_1933_verbrannten_B%C3%BCcher

How many of these books were children's books with pornography and other inappropriate topics for kids yet were in K-12 libraries or public libraries?

[OtterMan68]

Yes, I know what it says about Jews. I've read extensively about the Holocaust. Did you know the US turned away Jewish refugees during the 1930s?
Did you know the Nazis burned huge piles of books?

[Avicenna]

I know all of that and more, having been partially educated there, having lived over half my life there, and having relatives who lived there during the Holocaust and were persecuted. Which is why I regularly have to teach you leftists that what happened there isn't occurring in the US, and if it ever does, it will be by anti-Semitic Democrats.

So, were any of those books children's books with pornographic and other inappropriate material for kids? Have you ever looked at a list of books that were burned? Have you noticed some people here on GAG say things about Jews that could have come straight from Mein Kampf?

Flash forward to today. We should let kids be kids and let them explore adult topics once they are adults. I wouldn't burn books, but a few we may need to ban (like Mein Kampf) and some others should be kept out of K-12 and public libraries.

[Dongie]

I think I feel more anger at the reasoning the books were put in place in the first place. Indoctrination has been going on in this country for at least a few decades. Look at the idiot kids coming out of college. How would a little bit of far right indoctrination go over? The goose and the gander RIGHT. Fuck those books.

[OtterMan68]

Have you ever noticed that MAGA calls democrats pedophiles, commies, and traitors? That's the same language the Nazis used about the Jews.
Regardless, I don't want any books burned

[Avicenna]

Ah, yes, the usual deductive reasoning fail from a leftist. The Nazis said a lot about Jews, so cherry picking a few common phrases is bound to return a hit or two. You seem to have forgotten that the Nazi propaganda against Jews regurgitated centuries-old hate (we've seen Democrats spew a lot of it since the 10/7 attacks).

Some other similarities between the Nazis and leftists in the US today:

-Incitement by university professors, purging from academia and government positions
-Cancel culture
-Portrayal as a danger to domestic security ("domestic terrorists" in today's leftist parlance)
-The Russia Hoax portrayal as traitors
-Hardcore environmentalism
-Racist ideology (DEI, "anti-racism") and even anti-Semitism just like the Nazis had their racist ideology

I wonder what would happen if we looked at Stalinist and Maoist propaganda as well as Nazi propaganda.

[OtterMan68]

So you think it's OK to burn some books but not others. Got it

[OtterMan68]

DeSantis taking over colleges and public schools in FL. Similar things happening in FL.
The Nazis were into DEI and Hardcore environmentalism?
Do you deny that the language MAGA uses about democrats mirrors the language Nazis used about Jews: Pedophiles, commies, & traitors working with foreigners to destroy the country?
And Mao and Stalin BOTH developed cults of personality where loyalty was demanded. Look at what happened to VERY conservative GOP rep Bob Good who had the temerity to endorse DeSantis for GOP nominee

[Dongie]

The left has been indoctrinating the children of America for quiet a while. They've raped a generation and the result us boys that say they are girls and vice versa. I know, we had those in the 70s. Maybe you noticed a slight uptick in the percentages. Maybe? You speak of nazi atrocities. Yours is the other side of the same coin. Extreme left is as bad as extreme right. But you people will never stop. This is evident. You will never stop waving your SJW flag and signaling a light to shine on your virtue. You are all fuckin crazy.

[Avicenna]

Yes, Otter the Nazis were into that stuff.

It's really hilarious seeing a hardcore leftist who wants kids reading Mein Kampf complaining about inappropriate books being removed from children's libraries. Yet you have absolutely no problem with Facebook, Twitter and the like censoring non-leftist commentary on behalf of a leftist administration. And have you ever condemned any of the anti-Semitic activities by leftists since the 10/7 attacks? Have you ever condemned the things said today by leftists about Jews in Israel and elsewhere? Of course not. Have you condemned your fellow far-left types for calling their political opponents Nazis and traitors? Hell no.

Many leftists in the US have done a lot of terrible things. Just because the Nazis called German Jews traitors doesn't mean that US leftists haven't sold the country out, nor does it mean that some US leftists aren't pedophiles, and it certainly doesn't mean that many US leftists hold hard-left views like Communism.

You don't want to be confronted with things Communists and Socialists have said about their political opponents, including your precious favorite crime organization, the Democratic Party.

Mao and Stalin were part of hard-left totalitarian systems (pretty much any totalitarian system is hard left- far right is libertarianism). Trump's policies (and we know this from four years in office) have nothing in common with Maoist and Stalinist ideology and practice. Leftists who can't see that have to be really deluded.

But delusion is thy name. And one of your delusions is that your political opponents are all Nazis. Here's a hint- we've seen how many Nazis there are in the Democratic Party lately (some of them are in Congress). Clean up your own house.

[OtterMan68]

I don’t want books burned. I’m not a Nazi

[Avicenna]

LOL, burning a book doesn't make someone a Nazi. And I pointed out earlier that it's certainly not necessary to burn books that are inappropriate for kids.

But you do want people reading Mein Kampf despite huge problems with anti-Semitism. And you want pornographic and other adult-only materials available to kids in children's libraries.

[Avicenna]

It's as if you don't really under what Nazism was and the central role anti-Semitism played in it.

[Avicenna]

* understand

[OtterMan68]

yes, the Nazis had to find an enemy an "other" they could portray as people who betrayed their country, were pedophiles, & communists. The Nazis would throw you in jail for criticizing their leader who demanded 100% obedience, and they burned books.

[exitseven]

No, but pornography has no place in a public school or a public library it needs to be eliminated but not burneds.

[llorando]

No, never have and never will. If a politician doesn't like a particular book, simply don't read it, not that complicated.

[DarkLegacy]

Is this happening in the USA. Nothing like this happens here in the UK

[Anonymous]

That’s Gomez. She would make a amazing Secretary of State

[OtterMan68]

So you agree with burning books.

[Opinion Owner]

Well. It’s leftists who censor and get rid of Dr Suess. But then wanna put graphic books in the library for kids so

[OtterMan68]

she's literally burning books. And i noticed you did not disagree with her. And the right is the one banning books. Just look it up.
www.cnn.com/.../index.html

[Opinion Owner]

With a flame thrower

[Opinion Owner]

Amazing video

[OtterMan68]

let me guess, you're MAGA. You also believe the left are communists, pedophiles, and traitors

[IWILLPLEASEYOU]

I KNOW THAT IT'S A GIVEN THAT YOU DON'T HAVE BE SCARED OF WORDS!

[Anonymous]

Ah yes, the Republicans and their cancel culture. Sad!

[handsomelad70]

H**L NO !!! Sounds Hitleresque to me !!!

[Massageman]

Depends on the books - - - - - -

[Dongie]

Start with burning books end with burning men.

[Dongie]

If it's all the trash the stupid liberals were using to defile children, I say burn it. I don't care about the book line. I understand the book line. In this case, burn it and get the point across to the evil freaks that put that shit in schools.