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Lionel Mandrake

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9. Getting rid of books you dislike is one thing.

Reply to Historic NY (Original post)

Fri Jan 2, 2026, 01:28 AM

15 hrs ago

The Roman Catholic Church, the Nazis, and the city of Boston all did it. But they were selective.

In destroying a unique library, the MAGA (Make America Grovel Again) administration has shown that it hates all books, not just those it deems offensive. In this respect they are worse than the Nazis.

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NASA's Largest Library To Permanently Close On Jan 2, Books Will Be 'Tossed Away [View all] Historic NY 17 hrs ago OP

Or perhaps dweller 17 hrs ago #1

No worries. Trump knows more than NASA's largest library dalton99a 17 hrs ago #2

Throwing away books borders on criminal, IMO. 3catwoman3 16 hrs ago #3

I agree. There isn't an organization that can retrieve these or can't they be given away? Deuxcents 16 hrs ago #4

Charlie don't surf and MAGA don't read. Gaugamela 16 hrs ago #5

Sadly, libraries are a victim of Ai Johonny 16 hrs ago #6

Patently not true obamanut2012 15 hrs ago #7

No, true Johonny 7 hrs ago #12

Some of the crap coming out of AI is downright criminal Historic NY 8 hrs ago #10

Why would anything be "tossed"??? pat_k 15 hrs ago #8

Getting rid of books you dislike is one thing. Lionel Mandrake 15 hrs ago #9

Putin wins again! Kid Berwyn 7 hrs ago #11

No friends of the library book sale? Simeon Salus 6 hrs ago #13