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book burning
noun
- the destruction of writings of which the subject, the view of the author, or the like is considered politically or socially objectionable: used as a means of censorship or oppression.
yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of book burning1
Example Sentences
"Deleting gobs of public data/resources as well is the digital equivalent of book burning."
Soon after, someone created a Facebook âBook Burning eventâ page, exhorting parents to get their kids to remove âbooks you do NOT want in our schools,â and bring them to a spot across the street from Riverbend High School, where the school board met.
Takei concluded that the first book burning in Germany "was an attack on a trans care institution. There are echoes of this today: The far-right has specifically chosen to target trans care centers in America, including repeated bomb threats to Boston Childrenâs Hospital, for providing gender affirming medical care."
âMissouri Republicans at a literal book burning. They think flamethrowers should be legal but history books should be destroyed,â reads one post on X, formerly known as Twitter, sharing the video.
The video posted on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, caught the attention of Jonathan Riley, a liberal activist in Durham, North Carolina, who posted Sunday that it showed âMissouri Republicans at a literal book burning,â though heâd later walk that statement back to a âmetaphoricalâ book burning.
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