Reblogged on kommonsentsjane/blogkommonsents.
https://steveprestegard.com/2021/07/19/words-hurt-you-if-you-let-them/
Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory… In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.”
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Charlie Sykes used to produce solid conservative/libertarian content, and does here:
Apparently, we have to remind people about this again:
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.
― Benjamin FranklinThere is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.
― Ray BradburyWe’ve devoted a great deal of time lately to discussing illiberalism and authoritarianism, and justifiably so. But we have to recognize that liberalism and free expression face a two-front assault — from the intolerant Left as well as the troglodyte Right.
ICYMI: The other day, the American Booksellers Association donned the sackcloth of wokeness and issued this statement of performative groveling:
American Booksellers Association @ABAbook
The “serious, violent incident” here was sending out copies of this book:
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