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A man checked out 100 books from Beachwood Library in Beachwood, Ohio, covering Jewish history, African-American history, and LGBTQ topics, and later posted social media videos showing the books with captions referencing “cleansing” libraries before burning them.

Princeton University’s Bridging Divides Initiative alerted the library about the posts.

The books were worth about $1,700. Since they are not overdue, the library will bill the man later.

Police say the matter is civil unless he fails to pay. He is now banned from returning to the library.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 3 weeks ago

Something this article doesn't mention is that the population of Beachwood is predominantly Jewish, so this was very targeted

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This fucking prick couldn’t read and unluckily could use fire, like a basic caveman.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

He is probably less than even some cavemen. There are some bits of late cave art that have been interpreted as proto-writing. There were possibly literate cave people.

[–] [email protected] 136 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

from the library's perspective this couldn't be simpler. they have an exact list of which books to replace and who to charge for the balance.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Yeah but in the current climate I'm worried he's going to encourage other bigots to be similarly destructive, and that shithead nazis will come to his defense and try to normalize it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

yeah on the one hand it limits the availability while they are rebought but I guess on the plus side their authors make more money.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

well of course, I agree. but the library can't control that; they're just trying to hold on and survive.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Meanwhile, the library just buys new copies of all the books out of tax money.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago

Assuming their budget doesn't get cut

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[–] [email protected] 180 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

"A man"

This person has destroyed public property. Whether or not he pays, his name should be made public. People who know him should know what kind of person he is. His employer should know who they have hired. His employer's customers should know who they are dealing with.

This is not normal behavior. This person is a sociopath and society needs to know who he is.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 3 weeks ago

Agreed. He didn't have any problems posting it to social media. There's no reason not to include his identity in the article. Even if he posted under a pseudonym, that should still be included.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
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