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Are you implying you don't think a typical bookstore should have Mein Kampf on the shelves? Why?

Or are you just trying to suggest that Dr. Seuss is somehow comparable to Adolf Hitler?

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Yes, I am implying that a typical bookstore shouldn't have Mein Kampf for sale. And as a matter of fact, I think a typical bookstore doesn't have it. Are you implying that they should have it? I am suggesting that Dr. Seuss is comparable to hitler in this context: they shouldn't be in the children's section. Just like I think Marquis de Sade shouldn't be in the children's section.Do you think that bookstores should be forced to sell books that contain racist charicatures?

There is a difference in a bookstore choosing not to offer select children's books because their content violates the owners sensibilities, and a mall preventing a bookstore to sell a children's book because the mall owner finds the book offensive.

Both are quite normal. What if the bookstore owner decided to only sell porn? The mall van decide to force the bookstore to stop that. That's just how it works. The bookstore is a client of the mall. So the mall decides.

never compare anything ever to Hitler or the Nazis. however bad they may seem.

i'm getting downvoted for protesting comparisons to Hitler! How can anyone fail to see how offensive this practice is.

It's because you're wrong. Treating Hitler as unique and unrepeatable will inevitably lead to a repeat.

> Yes, I am implying that a typical bookstore shouldn't have Mein Kampf for sale. And as a matter of fact, I think a typical bookstore doesn't have it.

Really? Trying the "check availability" feature on https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mein-kampf-hitler-adolf/112..., for example, it looks like most local B&N outlets have it in stock.

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