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Dangerous books?: 7/26/2017 22:50:46


[REGL] Pooh 
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Anyone read any dangerous books lately?
Dangerous books?: 7/26/2017 23:04:18


ıʇnpp∀ ǝɥʇ ןǝssıℲ
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'The Chemist', written by Stephenie Meyer.
Dangerous books?: 7/27/2017 02:30:11


Castle Bravo
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I recommend the work of Francis Parker Yockey as an introduction to traditionalism.
Dangerous books?: 7/27/2017 03:05:19


Padraig
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The S Word: A Short History of an American Tradition...Socialism by John Nichols

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Piu5NddBBio

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Word-History-American-Tradition-Socialism/dp/1784783404
Dangerous books?: 7/27/2017 03:16:51


zażółć gęślą jaźń
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What's a "dangerous book"?
Dangerous books?: 7/27/2017 04:36:16


Padraig
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Banned books are dangerous books.

By way of extension if a book contradicts an idea which enjoys wide acceptance with persuasive and truthful arguments, then it is dangerous to those who might wish that you would not read it.

Books are banned because someone thinks that they will corrupt you with some dangerous notion. I would argue this even extends to the many books that have been banned because of what is called obscenity.

There are books, it could be argued, which materially contributed to the fall of governments, or in other cases have given a significant boost to the spirit of those in opposition. George Orwell's books Animal Farm and 1984 as well as Solzhenitsyn's the Gulag Archipelago are examples which come to mind.

And there are books which by the force of their rhetoric might persuade you that something which is false is true. I am enough of an advocate of free speech to think that books that I do not approve of aught not be banned. In the United States notwithstanding the existence of the explicit protection granted by the Constitution there is a history of censorship by the government of the press. The question of whether such actions are warranted and if so under what circumstances is a matter of the greatest importance.

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Dangerous books?: 7/27/2017 05:11:46


Padraig
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My favorite book on censorship is Ray Bradbury's science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451.

Before Bradbury's death he was interviewed by François Truffaut concerning the genesis of the novel.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL_y6gtxLvQ
Dangerous books?: 7/27/2017 15:02:24


Castle Bravo
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Lack of censorship is simply an empty precondition.
Dangerous books?: 7/27/2017 16:23:45


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Celsius 232.7

Don't be so US-american centric
Dangerous books?: 7/27/2017 18:34:17


Жұқтыру
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Edgy.
Dangerous books?: 7/27/2017 22:21:57


Padraig
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Thug Life analysis of Fahrenheit 451.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-IcPx9uD0U

Listen to a man use the word bitch ass and remiss in the same sentence.

Make note of the content creator's handle: wisecrack.
Dangerous books?: 7/27/2017 22:26:25


Belgian Gentleman
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Books from Jürgen Habermas
Dangerous books?: 7/27/2017 22:37:17


Leibstandarte (Vengeance)
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I've read a dangerous book once, it was about killing people, oppressing nations and escpecially women. Women are treated as slaves and...and while i am at it, it glorifies war against the sub-humans and promote killing kids and general mayhem and chaos.
Dangerous books?: 7/27/2017 22:45:32


Leibstandarte (Vengeance)
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It's called Quran
Dangerous books?: 7/27/2017 22:48:59


Zephyrum
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A small textbook guide of animes to watch. It has ruined my social life in the past several months and it's only getting worse.
Dangerous books?: 7/28/2017 03:21:38


Castle Bravo
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lol imagine actually believing in the Quran
Dangerous books?: 7/28/2017 03:27:18


Benjamin628 
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If you are looking for a dangerous book that created a framework for dozens of dictatorships and the death of over 100 million people, you ought to look here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Communist_Manifesto

Otherwise I may read a Theory of Socialism and Capitalism by Hans-Hermann Hoppe

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Dangerous books?: 7/28/2017 03:35:56


Castle Bravo
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Hoppe is one of the few sane anarchists. I suggest DEMOCRACY: THE GOD THAT FAILED.

LIBERTY OR EQUALITY is a similar book and it basically shows how democracy and public ownership strips people of all their rights.
Dangerous books?: 7/28/2017 11:08:20


Φιλώτας 
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The holy quaran, especially if they force you to repeat it daily and tell you constantly that this and only this represents the truth
Dangerous books?: 7/28/2017 18:32:59


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On the contrary, knowledge is extremely dangerous. That's why dictators throughout history sought to limit it by book burning. Without knowledge, education, and intelligence, why are only human. A basic Civ game without any of the DLCs. Men like Stalin and Hitler understood this.

I would highly suggest reading Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, the collected works of John Locke, and the diary of David Plouffe if you want some eye opening reads.
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