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21. My grandsons (ages 9 & 7) have just started the Harry Potter series

Sat Feb 11, 2017, 06:27 PM

Feb 2017

(my son read it on his own when they were new). We LOVE it so much! We made wands with sticks we found in the yard. The first spell they wanted to cast was one that would make tRump quit his job soon!

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Trump supporters are burning HARRY POTTER books. [View all] pnwmom Feb 2017 OP

They join the ranks of book burners and its long, dark history.(eom) oasis Feb 2017 #1

Good! Buy lots & lots & lots of JKR books katsy Feb 2017 #2

You're too funny! TheDebbieDee Feb 2017 #51

Those supporters have been burning her books for years now! yallerdawg Feb 2017 #3

Their fascination with burning books, crosses, houses, churches, people. dalton99a Feb 2017 #4

Book burning??? IdiotsforPalin Feb 2017 #53

Burning books? How 1933 of them. nt Ilsa Feb 2017 #5

And I still have your money! Cutting ones nose off to spite their face. TexasProgresive Feb 2017 #6

Or calling French Fries The Sand Reckoner Feb 2017 #47

And French fries weren't invented by the French. Staph Feb 2017 #56

Yes, he was not a Frenchie The Sand Reckoner Feb 2017 #57

Given how big of Potter fans my wife and I are, this is almost to be expected Norbert9 Feb 2017 #7

I LOVE HARRY POTTER. Latest movie ... Fantastic BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM was GREAT !!!! trueblue2007 Feb 2017 #8

Thanks -- I didn't know about it. pnwmom Feb 2017 #10

Burning money would be a more powerful statement. Ask the Joker. Initech Feb 2017 #9

Go, Jo! Hekate Feb 2017 #11

"Well, the fumes from the DVDs might be toxic and I've still got your money, so by all means.. JHan Feb 2017 #12

I know. I love the way she's standing up to Voldemort and all his acolytes. nt pnwmom Feb 2017 #13

Point taken, but equating volstork Feb 2017 #25

Rowling says Trump is worse than Voldemort. pnwmom Feb 2017 #27

I hadn't seen that comment volstork Feb 2017 #32

Bannon might be the real Voldemort. But he and DT are Siamese twins. n/t pnwmom Feb 2017 #38

Bingo! volstork Feb 2017 #46

you know you are in trouble when you lose Darth Cheney. n/t dixiegrrrrl Feb 2017 #55

you can lead a girl to books about the rise & fall of an autocrat but you still can't make her think progressoid Feb 2017 #60

JK sheshe2 Feb 2017 #14

Still got your money! retrowire Feb 2017 #15

Smart people have all the best lines, and all the best signs. NBachers Feb 2017 #16

They most likely could not find anyone to read the books to them. Jim Beard Feb 2017 #17

What an outmoded and wasteful use of time... SticksnStones Feb 2017 #18

This! smirkymonkey Feb 2017 #61

Progressives would never have bought that shitty book in the first place. Ligyron Feb 2017 #62

Careful! One of those books might be a horcrux! tanyev Feb 2017 #19

LOL. n/t pnwmom Feb 2017 #20

My grandsons (ages 9 & 7) have just started the Harry Potter series logosoco Feb 2017 #21

One of my sons was in first grade when I got the first book pnwmom Feb 2017 #26

those boys are being raised well irisblue Feb 2017 #29

LoL... "Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel." (Mark Twain) nt WePurrsevere Feb 2017 #22

I have a better suggestion for a book to burn. Marie Marie Feb 2017 #23

Definitely a better book to burn. IrishEyes Feb 2017 #36

Burning "The Art of the Deal" or Palin's screeds is not a very Democratic thing to do jmowreader Feb 2017 #41

Yeah, I'm not personally a fan of burning any book but IF these Marie Marie Feb 2017 #44

I hope they have some cloudbase Feb 2017 #24

Perhaps they cannot read? guillaumeb Feb 2017 #28

Great Soxfan58 Feb 2017 #30

I've never read Harry Potter books, but I might just start. I like her spunk, lol! catbyte Feb 2017 #31

Some advice from Dr. Henry Jones Sr. LongTomH Feb 2017 #33

Of course they are. C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #34

This doesn't surprise me. My sister is Evangelical and they think Harry Potter is Satanic. appleannie1943 Feb 2017 #35

Those people are not friends The Sand Reckoner Feb 2017 #48

How stupid. They already own the books. Are they going to send the ashes to the publisher.... George II Feb 2017 #37

I deleted my copy of bhowle Feb 2017 #39

No, but why did you have one? jmowreader Feb 2017 #42

When I saw a prescreening of the movie in Oct 2001... scscholar Feb 2017 #40

I hope they spend all of their money buying her books. mn9driver Feb 2017 #43

Hair Twitler's brown shirts 'round the bonfire burning books keithbvadu2 Feb 2017 #45

When I read "[Redacted] Supporters" I always think of a jockstrap w/ a roll of socks innit. n/t TygrBright Feb 2017 #49

The biggest snowflakes on earth NotThisTime Feb 2017 #50

I love her Lotusflower70 Feb 2017 #52

Rowling is worth $850 million to $1.2 billion depending on what you look at BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #54

Hmmm... Sounds like a new business is born. toddwv Feb 2017 #58

Aww, she hurt his peewins! Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #59