Let’s put it another way. Just because someone like Stack has the right to write a racist book like this does not obligate a bookseller to stock that book, much less feature it in its New Year’s Day sale. 

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Criticizing that bookseller for deciding to stock such a book is NOT akin to book burning. There aren’t enough facepalms in existence to cover this comparison.pic.twitter.com/WshXSZwT7I
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Seriously, this sort of thinking equating criticism of a booksellers’ decision to stock a hateful book with book burning basically says that you can never criticize a booksellers’ decisions to stock a book if you believe in freedom of speech.
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It’s a false dilemma. You can do both: Support the bookseller’s right to stock whatever he wants while criticizing him when he stocks something vile like this.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/hate-crime-is-only-a-step-away-from-thoughtcrime-11577905525 … Conservative whining, apparently not understanding that a hate crime involves actually crimes like theft, arson, and making threats.
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