But at the same time the value of preserving historical propaganda is different from destroying some of current bigoted propaganda as it’s being put out for mass dissemination. There’s a difference between an academic in the 90s studying der sturmer and an average German getting their hands on the same text in the 30s.
I don’t think Harry Potter counts for that, but Irreversible Damage sure does. If you start going into the library of congress and trying to destroy their copy I’ll have a problem, but attacking the copies at a target is fair game.
I think that would be more defined as a protest. Book burnings tend to imply that all media about a subject is being destroyed. It’s a case of semantics, I guess.
But at the same time the value of preserving historical propaganda is different from destroying some of current bigoted propaganda as it’s being put out for mass dissemination. There’s a difference between an academic in the 90s studying der sturmer and an average German getting their hands on the same text in the 30s.
I don’t think Harry Potter counts for that, but Irreversible Damage sure does. If you start going into the library of congress and trying to destroy their copy I’ll have a problem, but attacking the copies at a target is fair game.
I think that would be more defined as a protest. Book burnings tend to imply that all media about a subject is being destroyed. It’s a case of semantics, I guess.