” I would never burn a book but I would hope that we still have that freedom.”
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Perhaps you should step out of your comfort zone and burn a book sometime. Then test whether that freedom is still yours. Just sayin’ it doesn’t have to be a Koran. It could be............well, you pick it.
I burned a book today and it’s liberating. With bacon, it’s a delicious smell and experience.
You can carve a hole into the pages of a book to hide valuables on your bookcase. Paper is paper.
I think the ground zero guy was just burning a few pages to say “yeah here I am burning a few pieces of paper in a calm fashion what is the big deal?”.
What he did worked out well because he did not spew hatred. I think he was merely showing it could be done in the US still.
And it really was not a big deal.
911 was an actual issue worth complaining about.