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"Last night, Mt. Juliet pastor and pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Greg Locke decided to turn it up a notch by organizing an old-fashioned book burning. The books included millennial staples like Harry Potter and Twilight — hits of the early Aughts that were targeted by Christian book burnings back in the day.

In a sermon preceding the bonfire, Locke described beefing with "Free Mason devils" and said "I ain't gonna be 'suiciding myself' no time soon." Locke also said people aren't mad that they were burning books, but mad because of the books they were burning — implying that his critics, even other pastors, were devil and witchcraft supporters."

https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/theyre-burning-books-in-tennessee/article_1f8c631e-850f-11ec-bc9f-dbd44d7e14d7.html

What will those wacky, right wing, Trump lovers think of next?

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@no1marauder said
"Last night, Mt. Juliet pastor and pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Greg Locke decided to turn it up a notch by organizing an old-fashioned book burning. The books included millennial staples like Harry Potter and Twilight — hits of the early Aughts that were targeted by Christian book burnings back in the day.

In a sermon preceding the bonfire, Locke described beefing wi ...[text shortened]... e-850f-11ec-bc9f-dbd44d7e14d7.html

What will those wacky, right wing, Trump lovers think of next?
One school district in Tennessee has banned the
Pulitzer Prize winning holocaust novel, ''MAUS.''
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/holocaust-novel-maus-banned-in-tennessee-school-district

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@no1marauder said
"Last night, Mt. Juliet pastor and pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Greg Locke decided to turn it up a notch by organizing an old-fashioned book burning. The books included millennial staples like Harry Potter and Twilight — hits of the early Aughts that were targeted by Christian book burnings back in the day.

In a sermon preceding the bonfire, Locke described beefing wi ...[text shortened]... e-850f-11ec-bc9f-dbd44d7e14d7.html

What will those wacky, right wing, Trump lovers think of next?
My God.

When was that other book burning? I can't remember, sometime in the 30's I believe...

Ach. I'm sure someone from the right will remember. They're forever harping on about them...

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The pastor's very actions go to firm up the idea that these books and other items are quite powerful, potent

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Fahrenheit 451 baby!

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state rights have to fuking go

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@no1marauder said
"Last night, Mt. Juliet pastor and pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Greg Locke decided to turn it up a notch by organizing an old-fashioned book burning. The books included millennial staples like Harry Potter and Twilight — hits of the early Aughts that were targeted by Christian book burnings back in the day.

In a sermon preceding the bonfire, Locke described beefing wi ...[text shortened]... e-850f-11ec-bc9f-dbd44d7e14d7.html

What will those wacky, right wing, Trump lovers think of next?
are you suggesting these people dont have a right to do this?

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@mott-the-hoople said
are you suggesting these people dont have a right to do this?
I'm saying, not suggesting, that they are loonies to do this.

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Heh remember when book burning was considered a shameful thing and those doing it were marginalized?

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@jimm619 said
One school district in Tennessee has banned the
Pulitzer Prize winning holocaust novel, ''MAUS.''
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/holocaust-novel-maus-banned-in-tennessee-school-district
They didn't "ban" it. They replaced it with another book in the 8th grade syllabus because they felt it was too intense for 8th graders in some areas, a perfectly reasonable decision. If it were 12th grade, the decision would have been less defensible.

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@no1marauder said
"Last night, Mt. Juliet pastor and pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Greg Locke decided to turn it up a notch by organizing an old-fashioned book burning. The books included millennial staples like Harry Potter and Twilight — hits of the early Aughts that were targeted by Christian book burnings back in the day.

In a sermon preceding the bonfire, Locke described beefing wi ...[text shortened]... e-850f-11ec-bc9f-dbd44d7e14d7.html

What will those wacky, right wing, Trump lovers think of next?
Even since my wife made me sit through one of those movies, I heartily agree with banning Twilight.

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@zahlanzi said
Heh remember when book burning was considered a shameful thing and those doing it were marginalized?
Shades of NAZI Germany,
and the old WARSAW PACT.

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@no1marauder said
I'm saying, not suggesting, that they are loonies to do this.
that is not what I asked…but true to form you make up something else to answer

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@mott-the-hoople said
that is not what I asked…but true to form you make up something else to answer
You asked a loaded question that you already know the answer to.

I answered it. Just having the right to do something doesn't mean you're not a loony if you do it.

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@no1marauder said
You asked a loaded question that you already know the answer to.

I answered it. Just having the right to do something doesn't mean you're not a loony if you do it.
who made you a judge of when someone can exercise their rights?