Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)Spelow, Liverpool.
Tom DB š¦£@MarkHoltom Yeah but dear readers and commentersā¦these riots have nothing to do with books of book banning. It is a consequence of a knife incident with a minor. Wrong assumptionsā¦.the age of social media outrage.
Melissa@TomDB @MarkHoltom I haven't looked at the news, so thanks...and I'm still really raw from the awful right-wing stuff in America, where book banners have money and a horrible agenda beyond libraries.
Anne Ominousthis is from local media linked above:
"..a dad pleaded wmasked thugs not to burn a shop so his children were safe, but a nearby library was set alight as looters targeted businesses.
The chaos started when people began to assemble near County Road Mosque on the Walton street at around 8.30pm. Far-right social media channels had called for people to gather there .."
(it's disingenuous, IMO, to say nazi thug types arent linked to the burning of this library)
@rustoleumlove @TomDB @MarkHoltom I'll let @TomDB speak for himself, but what I understand from this is that it was an effort to destroy buildings by nazi-type thugs....and among other burned buildings, there was a library. I did NOT get the idea that anyone was saying Nazi-type thugs were not linked to the destruction of a library. And now I'm out.
@mtechman @rustoleumlove @MarkHoltom I'm all in line with the comment of @mtechman.
@rustoleumlove You completely misunderstand my reaction. A lot of the comments linked the burning of the library to the banning of books in America and that is simply not the case here. Be more careful making assumptions about what I certainly DID NOT WRITE. And yes I mean what I said that this IS the age of outrage, look at the news. Everybody is upset, some for just reasons, others for no linked reason at all.
@rustoleumlove You completely misunderstand my reaction. A lot of the comments linked the burning of the library to the banning of books in America and that is simply not the case here. Be more careful making assumptions about what I certainly DID NOT WRITE. And yes I mean what I said that this IS the age of outrage, look at the news. Everybody is upset, some for just reasons, others for no linked reason at all.
@TomDB @rustoleumlove @MarkHoltom Okay I'm not totally out.
It's horrible that there are well- coordinated well-funded right-wing groups focusing on libraries in America. There larger goal (besides the dog whistle) is to defund libraries and public education.
It's horrible that there are racist nazi- type thugs in every country.