• geissi@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    There is a difference between collecting all copies of a book and burning them as a means of removing that book entirely and one person burning one copy of a book that they themselves own as form of protest.
    I’m not sure which of the two you are referring to.

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      1 year ago

      Ok, so you are saying what is the difference of an act of expression/protest vs an act of oppression then?

      So where do you draw the line between the two then?

      Genuinely asking, not trying to start an argument.

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        1 year ago

        If the state or some public institution decides to burn all copies of To Kill A Mockingbird and deprives the public from the possibility to read it then it’s censorship.

        If you burn your own copy of To Kill A Mockingbird then it’s not stopping anyone else from reading the book and you’re effectively just burning your own money.