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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Good. There's no good reason to burn books. Free speech doesn't require absolutism, it requires that we are capable of expressing our ideas. Yelling the N word doesn't express an idea, it's just offense. Ditto book burning. People who are absolutists are pretty much always being assholes.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (29 children)

Burning other people's books is of course bad. Burning your own books? Idk man, you bought it.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

Blasphemy and racism are two very different things.

Blasphemy is a human right.

Besides, there are already laws against hate speech.

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[–] Tranus 7 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Book burnings are bad when they are used to prevent the free sharing of information or ideas. It is a form of censorship. Burning the Quran is not censorship, because this is not an attempt to ban the Quran or prevent anyone from reading it. Its an entirely symbolic gesture. Its comparable to burning the American flag, which I'm guessing you're not so against.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I absolutely agree.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't disagree but I feel like they should just ban publicly burning books for reasons other than waste disposal. I think it's weird to make an exception for one particular religious book

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They didn't. It's for all religious texts

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Burning religious texts makes skydaddy sad?

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