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[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (56 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.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years 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

[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Burning religious texts makes skydaddy sad?

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