Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIt used to be just weird Christians, but now everyone's pretty much on board with burning Harry Potter books.message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down11
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareIt used to be just weird Christians, but now everyone's pretty much on board with burning Harry Potter books.Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIn order to burn her books, you first have to purchase them, and at that point, you’ve defeated your own purpose.
minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoPeople burning books usually burn other people’s books, not their own.
minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoNot necessarily. They could go to the store and burn all the stock of one particular book.
minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoCitation provided https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_book_burnings
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoNot seeing where the books came from in any of the accounts of book burnings, but even if they’re in a bookstore, the publisher’s already got the money, as has the author. It’s all performative nonsense either way.
minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoPerformative nazism, lol.
In order to burn her books, you first have to purchase them, and at that point, you’ve defeated your own purpose.
People burning books usually burn other people’s books, not their own.
:shrug: Someone bought them.
Not necessarily. They could go to the store and burn all the stock of one particular book.
*citation needed
Citation provided
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_book_burnings
Not seeing where the books came from in any of the accounts of book burnings, but even if they’re in a bookstore, the publisher’s already got the money, as has the author. It’s all performative nonsense either way.
Performative nazism, lol.