As some Republicans vow to bring flamethrowers to their latest culture war, Mehdi asks: “If this is what they want to do to books that they disagree with, how do you think they will treat the people that they disagree with?”
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I would be willing to bet that people who burn books probably don't read much 😀
When they start burning books.
Then you really have to be ready to defend your rights and the rights of others.
Burning books is the start of a dictatorship.
They s… on graves of the fallen soldiers who gave their lives in the defense of free speech and democracy
Flame throwers? Looks like folks with toys who found an excuse to use them. Another tool of destruction to play with. Americans are nuts.
GOP; Gang of Psychos
The Republican's intelligence, is overhelming the Crowd of Republican's, wishing for the Facsist of the UNITED STATES.
WE ARE PROUD OF YOU, YOUR HURT, AND TIRED.
They need a rest, of Ten to 22 years, rest. They need a long nap. Cranky, and Dtupid, is no way to go theough life. Look what it did to Don Trump.
This is why everyone should read lots of books before adulthood.
I was attacked by an elk, or rather my vw beetle was attacked by an elk leaving cripple Creek in the fall. It destroyed the left side of the car. Wildlife guy said they act crazy in mating season! 😮
Books were meant for reading, not for burning. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Not as bad as the DEMONCRATS burning BIBLES and our CONSTITUTION. A bunch of HEATHENS trying to inflict their own miserable lives on the rest of AMERICANS that just want the Government out of our lives.
They probably never read a book
OH my god we are back to keep them dumb undercontrol. This is not just black and brown this is loss of freedom.
Literal fascist actions
It would be interesting to compare…these book burning GOP idiots come from Missouri..where does Missouri stand when it comes to education, health care, uneployment…it seems to me that senators and congressmen from those states want to keep their voters uneducated, poor and deep into conspiracy theories because, if they knew better, politicians like MTG and her ilk wouldn't stand a chance.
[4:59] Exile them to California 🙂
We don’t want to ban books…
Except the ones we don't like.
Freedom for me! Not for you
Freedom!!!
Now we’ll ban books
And ban abortion
And make healthcare unaffordable for millions of people
And burn books!!
The Confederacy Were Burning Slavery Abolishing Books and We just hear about it Now?! Too many Liberals aren't being Honest about what we are dealing with.
Again this isn't "Maga" it's RADICALIZED FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISM…
A fascist is as a fascist does.
Mehdi is one of the FEW US journalists who can not only call out stupidity and hypocrisy, but make a solid case while doing so.
That shot with the flame throwers is literally straight out of Fahrenheit 451.
80 years ago we sent our troops to eliminate the fascists. Why has that changed?
The hypocrisy of the MAGA GOP cult knows no bounds! The only things missing from that book burning were the swastikas and the brown shirts!
The first step in every fascistic reign is stoking fear in your followers (while projecting strength)
The second is, removing any literature that says anything that you disagree with.
The third is removing the PEOPLE that "don't fit in.".😡
Don't be fooled (you very likely "don't fit in")🤨
Freedom isn't FREE 🇺🇸
Every freedom was gained only with the struggles and sacrifices (including the deaths) of people that were much better people, than YOU will ever be.
But they STILL fought and died for YOUR FREEDOMS 🇺🇸
"There are those, that out of fear, will trade their Freedoms for Promised Securities. In the end, they will Have Neither, and Deserve Neither"
🇺🇸💪
History has always looked down upon those who burn books. The ego and belief of these so called Christians is so fragile it would be funny if the intelligence of the next generation was not on the line.
The problem is it's much easier to burn a book than to read it.
April 8, 1933
First they burnt the books, then the Kristallnacht followed….🙏😞 this history should not repeat itself.😢
If they are burning books now they will be burning people at the stake next.
"The Swamp" is a stupid metaphor.
Republicans seem to have NO CLUE that they are acting exactly like every autocratic, oppressive dystopian political body ever written about in fiction. I guess we shouldn't be surprised since they are busy burning books instead of reading them.
They say it's up to the parents but in reality they mean THEM AS PARENTS get to tell us what our kids can learn..