They're Burning Books in Tennessee
nashvillescene.com
nashvillescene.com
Here's a less sensationalist report:
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2022/...
> In a sermon preceding the bonfire, Locke described beefing with "Free Mason devils" and said "I ain't gonna be 'suiciding myself' no time soon." Locke also said people aren't mad that they were burning books, but mad because of the books they were burning — implying that his critics, even other pastors, were devil and witchcraft supporters.
> You can see the footage in Locke's Facebook video of the event — the burning starts about an hour in.
From the OP. This was actually an old-fashioned book burning...
If this guy bought a copy of Harry Potter and then burned it, that's just a somewhat over-the-top way of saying he doesn't like the book. Which is an opinion he's completely free to have.
The problem with book burning comes when people (or the state) burns books owned by people who don't want them burned.
It's a sensationalist news piece designed to conflate the actions of the whacko religious right that has been doing this kind of stuff for decades with the recent decision concerning not using the book "Maus" in ELA curricula.
As for setting fire to Harry Potter books, if it were transwomen burning them to protest Rowling's TERFery, would that be talked about differently?
Yes, as it should be. There's quite a large difference between taking an action in protest of discrimination, and taking that same action in support of silly religious fairy tales.
Even if you are a religious person and a believer, burning books that disagree with your doctrine is just reactionary nonsense. Have a little more faith in your, er, faith. I would hope it could stand strong even in the presence of a book you disagree with. If not, maybe you should reconsider your beliefs.
It's rare to see someone so overtly hold two to different groups to such different standards on the same action.