Those who burn books—or libraries—will burn people.

@LiberalLibrarian This is demonstrably true, alas. And here we are again.

@Notokay But, you know, books are digitized.

@LiberalLibrarian Yes, that was my one thought about Marseilles. Progress of a sort, I suppose.

@Notokay That was what someone said to me dismissively, excusing the burning.

@LiberalLibrarian @Notokay And that person, of course, failed to give any argument why burning libraries helps bring justice after police violence. He just seemed to think it's cool to destroy anything in sight if you're mad.

@RationalLeft @LiberalLibrarian FFS. My thought about digitization was the small consolation in comparison to the 2018 fire in the National Museum in Brazil, which had been the largest museum of natural history in Latin America.

@Notokay @LiberalLibrarian To be clear, I was NOT referring to you as "that person."

I meant the person last night who actively justified burning libraries, NOT you.