I mean, sure, if someone is a republican and thinks book burning is bad it’d be hypocritical, but I’d be surprised if a significant amount of conservatives actually believe book burning is bad; it’s one of the classic forms of thought suppression, which is what they’re all about. They see the world shifting further and further away from their outdated hateful beliefs, and want nothing more than to force it back. It’s one of the largest drivers for their entire resurgence over the last decade.
so what i meant with the meme was more that its “they burned the books” being bad vs “we burned the books” being good and fine. library of alexandria burning is considered trajedy by certain people who would gladly burn books, bc of racism, they did it and they arent capable of making that decision
I mean, sure, if someone is a republican and thinks book burning is bad it’d be hypocritical, but I’d be surprised if a significant amount of conservatives actually believe book burning is bad; it’s one of the classic forms of thought suppression, which is what they’re all about. They see the world shifting further and further away from their outdated hateful beliefs, and want nothing more than to force it back. It’s one of the largest drivers for their entire resurgence over the last decade.
so what i meant with the meme was more that its “they burned the books” being bad vs “we burned the books” being good and fine. library of alexandria burning is considered trajedy by certain people who would gladly burn books, bc of racism, they did it and they arent capable of making that decision