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suegeo

(2,841 posts) Tue Oct 23, 2018, 07:30 PM Oct 2018

NW Iowa Fascist burns public library Children's books [View all]

Because he hates gay people.

https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/nw-iowa-religious-activist-burns-lgbtq-library-books-in-protest/article_0ae4c328-5814-5674-bb8d-6120a9a7d020.html#tracking-source=home-trending

Paul Dorr, a northwest Iowa religious activist, released a Facebook Live video Friday in which he burns four LGBTQ-themed books from the Orange City Public Library. A still from the video is shown, in which he throws Suzanne and Max Lang's "Families, Families, Families!" into a burning barrel.

What's the saying, if they'll burn books, they'll burn people

Madness.

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NW Iowa Fascist burns public library Children's books [View all] suegeo Oct 2018 OP

They burned books in Germany under Hitler. kimbutgar Oct 2018 #1

By Heine? Quote's on Goettingen memorial to Nazi book burning at U there bobbieinok Oct 2018 #2

Heinrich Heine suegeo Oct 2018 #8

Because Heine was Jewish, some Germans refused to accept that he was a great German poet bobbieinok Oct 2018 #12

Lise Meitner suegeo Oct 2018 #15

Also, White Rose Society suegeo Oct 2018 #16

Also, Neutral Milk Hotel suegeo Oct 2018 #17

People should replace the books tenfold. Croney Oct 2018 #3

Yep shenmue Oct 2018 #5

Steve King country rurallib Oct 2018 #4

Some of the posters gave me ideas of how to make this right Jake Stern Oct 2018 #6

Steve King, Trump, book burning what's next NW Iowa voters???? Spanish Inquisition?? IADEMO2004 Oct 2018 #7

One more rec, you guys, and this post suegeo Oct 2018 #9

Awful man irisblue Oct 2018 #10

Thank you for the support suegeo Oct 2018 #11

Christ on a trailer hitch, it's Tom Dorr's brother suegeo Oct 2018 #13

GW Bush His self appointed Tom Dorr suegeo Oct 2018 #14

On the plus side, Orange City has a Pride event!! progressoid Oct 2018 #18