Be sure where books are burned, people will also be burned.
— Heinrich Heine
This week I found a used copy of the famously-banned Stranger in a Strange Land on Thriftbooks and gave it to a sci-fi fan who's never read it.
Were it to grab his attention, that act would put me in the sights of right-wing ideologue Rabih Abuismail, the Virginia school board member who is calling for objectionable books to be burned.
Why book burning is the go-to act of the self-righteous is well understood.
Why Mr. Abuismail, a purported Christian, feels compelled to murder fellow Americans escapes me.
But have no doubt that's where he and his mob of right-wing brothers and sisters are heading.
