Should a book detailing how to kill yourself with household items be in a school library? Sometimes it’s about protecting people from themselves.
I do agree that Mein Kampf should not be banned (and funnily enough, contrary to popular belief it never was banned in Germany), but please don’t put it in every library. I would feel weird handing a child a copy of it, even if it was annotated. They lack the critical thinking skills and context surrounding it, and might misinterpret its contents. Anyway I’m not saying I’m right, that’s just my opinion.
PS: I like your phrase “it speaks for itself” because in my eyes, all books “speak” to you, but not all of them say the right things. It’s up to the reader to interpret it, and not everyone is capable of that.
I guess “prominence” is kind of an automatic filter. Libraries have no interest in stocking a book that tells one how to kill themself, but they can should curate books that are controversial, but interesting.
There is absolutely no reason to ban Mein Kampf. If anything is truly shows how unhinged he was and perhaps gives the reader an insight into what to look for before voting for another fascist dictator… Well, maybe next time.
Edit: just realised the meme called all book banners not good guys instead of bad guys. And I agree the Bavarian government are definitely not good guys. Still left the original reply for ceomleteness’ sake even though it’s based on a wrong premise.
I agree that it should not be banned. However this one mistake isn’t enough to label the people who banned it as bad guys. Overall the people who banned it, namely the Bavarian government, did an OK job at managing their state. They are conservative to be sure and passed a bunch of other bad legislation but not enough to make them bad guys. I associate bad guys with movie villains and while there are governments around the world that are on that level the Bavarian government isn’t amongst them.
It’s absolute trash is what it is. Ask anyone who’s actually read it, and it’s poorly written, meandering points that never go anywhere, and a lot of repetition ad nauseam.
It’s a very badly/poorly written book.
More people should read it so they can dispel the mysticism that Hitler was some sort of genius evil overlord.
Hitler was a complete dipshit. Read Mein Kampf and discover this for yourself.
The people who banned Mein Kampf were
Edit: I’ve since reevaluated what good guys means and now disagree with my own statement
Honestly it should be in every library.
It speaks for itself. That’s what books do.
Honestly I disagree.
Should a book detailing how to kill yourself with household items be in a school library? Sometimes it’s about protecting people from themselves.
I do agree that Mein Kampf should not be banned (and funnily enough, contrary to popular belief it never was banned in Germany), but please don’t put it in every library. I would feel weird handing a child a copy of it, even if it was annotated. They lack the critical thinking skills and context surrounding it, and might misinterpret its contents. Anyway I’m not saying I’m right, that’s just my opinion.
PS: I like your phrase “it speaks for itself” because in my eyes, all books “speak” to you, but not all of them say the right things. It’s up to the reader to interpret it, and not everyone is capable of that.
True.
I guess “prominence” is kind of an automatic filter. Libraries have no interest in stocking a book that tells one how to kill themself, but they can should curate books that are controversial, but interesting.
Nah, actual good guys don’t ban it, they annotate it before publishing it so we can see how dumb its original author was.
There is absolutely no reason to ban Mein Kampf. If anything is truly shows how unhinged he was and perhaps gives the reader an insight into what to look for before voting for another fascist dictator… Well, maybe next time.
Edit: just realised the meme called all book banners not good guys instead of bad guys. And I agree the Bavarian government are definitely not good guys. Still left the original reply for ceomleteness’ sake even though it’s based on a wrong premise.
I agree that it should not be banned. However this one mistake isn’t enough to label the people who banned it as bad guys. Overall the people who banned it, namely the Bavarian government, did an OK job at managing their state. They are conservative to be sure and passed a bunch of other bad legislation but not enough to make them bad guys. I associate bad guys with movie villains and while there are governments around the world that are on that level the Bavarian government isn’t amongst them.
You can buy it off Amazon today. It’s not banned.
It’s absolute trash is what it is. Ask anyone who’s actually read it, and it’s poorly written, meandering points that never go anywhere, and a lot of repetition ad nauseam.
It’s a very badly/poorly written book.
More people should read it so they can dispel the mysticism that Hitler was some sort of genius evil overlord.
Hitler was a complete dipshit. Read Mein Kampf and discover this for yourself.