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Should that be organized?
Good idea or bad?
Thoughts would be much appreciated.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)Making the books into toilet paper rolls might be a better idea.
bondwooley
(1,198 posts)substitute would be deleting a kindle version near a bonfire.
struggle4progress
(118,294 posts)mindem
(1,580 posts)How can we defend first amendment rights if we burn books ourselves?
bondwooley
(1,198 posts)the concept at all, just posted this thread for people's thoughts.
But, actually, to defend the first amendment rights don't we have to support flag burners, book burners and whatever else? By support, I mean the right to that expression?
It gets a bit confusing. I support the 1st amendment and feel that flag burning is fair game.... and the book thing feels creepy .... but why?
mindem
(1,580 posts)I know it really bothers me when any book gets banned, burned, or anything else. I don't like that some books written by Mark Twain are subject to culling because of the language and subject matter. You just can't sanitize everything. Maybe we should all grab a bottle of whiskey and "The Art of the Deal" and peruse the vile thing so we can "know thine enemy". I just haven't bothered to buy or borrow the book and never will because Donald Trump is a major fuck up - always has been, always will be. The book will end up in a lot of garage sales which says something in itself.
Initech
(100,080 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)and who does the burnings.
Bad juju and it gets used against us.
neeksgeek
(1,214 posts)Burning books is just wrong, never mind which books.
Also it means I'd have to buy a copy first, and that's not happening!
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)bondwooley
(1,198 posts)Squinch
(50,955 posts)fabulous idea that we should all send Trump a 99 cent copy of the Constitution.
Don't you love it? He gets a million copies of the Constitution in the mail? His brain would boil so much the rat on his head would just get up and walk away. He'd freak.
bondwooley
(1,198 posts)Squinch
(50,955 posts)bondwooley
(1,198 posts)Trying to find online the least expensive option of buying and and sending it as a gift.
I swear the government printing office would send them for free but I can't find it....
bondwooley
(1,198 posts)it could be a PDF link via twitter that bombards his account.
JTFrog
(14,274 posts)Just saying....
I'd like to think he'd learn something along the way, lol.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)Book burnings are associated with Nazis and other authoritarian regimes.
Yavin4
(35,441 posts)Burning that book would give Trump a major propaganda win.
bondwooley
(1,198 posts)subterranean
(3,427 posts)So not a good idea, in my opinion.
NewDealProgressive
(98 posts)Only zealots and loons burn books.
tenorly
(2,037 posts)The sight of Trump's books being burnt by liberals or anyone else opposed to King Con would be like Christmas in February to Faux News and the Trumpkins in general.
Besides which, books should never be burned because even with the best of intentions it will only exalt perfectly bad ideas and discredit those trying to cast them out.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)That's why using the book for toilet paper or picking up dog poo or something similarly degrading is much better, symbolically.
AnnieBW
(10,428 posts)Book burnings are a hallmark of repressive regimes. We don't want to go in that direction. That would make us no better than them. Besides, people would have to buy copies, therefore lining Lord Dampnut's pockets even more.
bondwooley
(1,198 posts)Agreed, but what are we living in???
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)But no matter who does it, it looks like an attempt to suppress expression. Even stupid expression shouldn't be suppressed. Granted, Trump's opponents burning his books wouldn't be violating the Constitution because it wouldn't be government action. But it still looks suppressive so we shouldn't do it.
bondwooley
(1,198 posts)good ideas here -- I like the recycling his book too.
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)seriously I am surprised this has to be explained...
steve2470
(37,457 posts)winstars
(4,220 posts)J_William_Ryan
(1,753 posts)One needn't even ask.
matt819
(10,749 posts)onenote
(42,714 posts)nycbos
(6,034 posts)Book burnings were popular in Nazi Germany.
In Berlin there is a memorial for the books that were burned.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)exboyfil
(17,863 posts)I don't like burning books.
I had a science fiction writer (I can't remember his name) at a science fiction convention who put a white copy generic science fiction novel in a feminine hygiene sanitary bag. That might be more appropriate (packaged along with Atlas Shrugged and Mark Levin's books).
bondwooley
(1,198 posts)TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)since none of us own this tripe. I would recycle the book...put it to good use.
bondwooley
(1,198 posts)is a great idea. Honestly.
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)It symbolizes everything we should be against.
tenderfoot
(8,437 posts)eom
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)I hate the act. Something about any book burning is troublesome to me.
Afromania
(2,769 posts)You'd have to buy the stupid books first. 37 cents second hand is even too much.
kerouac2
(449 posts)Better idea would be to send him a brick that says "She Won" on it.
http://funkydelivery.com/product/mail-a-brick/
Where to send it though... White House or one of his hotels or restaurants...
bondwooley
(1,198 posts)"Nearest gold plated toilet."
Iggo
(47,558 posts)Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)Previous suggestion to send a copy of the constitution works for me.
LuvLoogie
(7,011 posts)BlueSpot
(855 posts)For the reasons expressed by so many before me.
I wouldn't have posted as the response is clear but maybe you're counting.
napi21
(45,806 posts)buy one first, which means PROFIT FOR THE CON AND HIS PUBLISHER. Ignoring the First Amendment, the LAST THING I want to do is give the Con even ONE PENNY of mine!
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)Give Trump a bunch of money for his books.
Burn the books, emulating the book burners of the past.
Buy Trump even more money for more of his books.
Burn those.
What possibly could be the flaw?
doc03
(35,345 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,025 posts)Makes good fire starter
Frogg
(365 posts)montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)!
MFM008
(19,814 posts)I wouldn't even burn Mein Kampf.
It is to easy to keep burning...........
meadowlander
(4,397 posts)Trump doesn't give a shit what you do with his book after you've paid for it.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)That way we win in the marketplace of ideas.
Oneironaut
(5,504 posts)Trump will eventually be out of power, but I do not agree with resorting to Fascist tactics ourselves. I do not support riots, silencing campus speakers, book burning, military coups, or anything else that is against our core beliefs. We are better than that.
JHB
(37,160 posts)It's one of the ways they make themselves obvious. Don't muddy the waters.
librechik
(30,674 posts)they preserved all the propaganda. Me, I think I would burn propaganda. But I'm a radical.
0rganism
(23,957 posts)lots of stuff to burn besides books, burn a nazi flag or a confederate flag instead, or that stupid "Trump flag" some military unit ran last week.
burning Trump's ghost-written book just pushes a personal vendetta, thereby contributing to the cult of personality while forfeiting any larger message in the imagery, and frankly any book burning looks like it puts the protesters on the wrong side of history