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'''Book burning''' is an act involving the purposeful setting of [[fire]] to a [[book]]. It can be considered the commission of two [[crime]]s, arson and destruction of property, unless one has already purchased the book or sets fire to it on their own property. It is a common [[authoritarian]] tactic.<ref>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/brief-history-book-burning-printing-press-internet-archives-180964697/</ref><ref>https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/book-burning</ref>
[[Ray Bradbury]] wrote the fictional [[dystopian]] novel ''[[Fahrenheit 451]]'' about book burning.<ref>''Fahrenheit 451'' by Ray Bradbury ISBN 0345342968</ref>
It has been commonly partaken by [[Western]] [[leftist]]s;<ref>https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/leftists-burning-books-to-protest-fascism</ref><ref>https://libertyhangout.org/2017/02/in-ultimate-display-irony-leftists-burn-books-protest-fascism/</ref><ref>https://americanwatchmen.org/2017/04/26/antifa-the-not-so-anti-fascists/</ref> however, it has also been committed by opponents of social justice warriors.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uixLxqf94UI</ref>
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[[Category:Books]]
[[Ray Bradbury]] wrote the fictional [[dystopian]] novel ''[[Fahrenheit 451]]'' about book burning.<ref>''Fahrenheit 451'' by Ray Bradbury ISBN 0345342968</ref>
It has been commonly partaken by [[Western]] [[leftist]]s;<ref>https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/leftists-burning-books-to-protest-fascism</ref><ref>https://libertyhangout.org/2017/02/in-ultimate-display-irony-leftists-burn-books-protest-fascism/</ref><ref>https://americanwatchmen.org/2017/04/26/antifa-the-not-so-anti-fascists/</ref> however, it has also been committed by opponents of social justice warriors.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uixLxqf94UI</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Books]]