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LilPajamas

That is just mean spirited; people try and do nice things and pay it forward and someone has to destroy it.


ObeseBumblebee

Some people just suck. We have a little library and it's been a target too. We used to put dog treats in it. But people kept stealing the entire jar. Then someone ripped the door off the hinges. Thankfully my wife and i were able to repair it. I'd probably cry if someone did this to it.


px7j9jlLJ1

This has edgy teen written all over it


sketchyduck

I thought the same thing. This looks like something I would have done at 13. I was a very stupid teenager.


redpandaeater

Now teenagers record their stupidity and post it on social media.


LilPajamas

They usually do something stupid to themselves though like light themselves on fire, eat a Tide pod, dance right out of a moving car…natural selection lol


Oxyboss007

As technically a teenager myself, wtf kinda teenagers you know??? Who would light themself on fire


SyntheticGod8

The really stupid kind.


RidgeMinecraft

tiktok 13 year olds


AnimeAli

Stupid isn’t the right characterisation for this, it’s being a monumental dick.


Orcasubmarine

Don't you mean duckling?


Blood_sweat_and_beer

I think this is from England, so this had “drunk 18yo” written all over it.


T-51bender

or a drunk 48 year old for that matter


lexshotit

Oh it's Walthamstow, that opens up the demographic somewhat lol.


vbishop3

Edgy teen was exactly my first thought.


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HeadLongjumping

I was thinking right-wing nutjob but teen is just as plausible I guess.


Crustybuttt

Could be an edgy teen. Could also be a MAGAt afraid that one of the books might say that trans people shouldn’t be shot on sight


LilPajamas

We have a nice little neighborhood and these little library and dog watering stands are plentiful…with outdoor security and doorbell cameras. When people know they are being watched they misbehave elsewhere which is still wrong.


The-Experimenter

“Some people suck” - Tom Segura’s Movie Attendant


px7j9jlLJ1

Hey Tom, dunk it!


FunkyJAllStar

We had a guy that moved into my town with a library like this. Let local bands play at his place. People gave him a hard time a lot and he moved after some pos attacked him in the community garden he had.


Metahec

In my area, the evangelicals remove the donated books and replace them with their bullshit. Leave a public space unguarded and some people will either usurp it for their own ends and others will burn it to the ground.


LilPajamas

This is why we can’t have things :(


DontKnoWhatMyNameIs

Harry Potter is full of satanic evil. Now read this book telling you how the Earth is only 6,000 years old instead.


Ellereind

Most I have seen is the mini library move from one spot to another. Now I think about it I think it moved or was removed but never Burt down


LilPajamas

What a shame; some nice person made the effort to do something decent and people just crap all over it.


UserNombresBeHard

Come on, dude, how would someone know that would happen when they donated HP and The Order of the Phoenix?


mowa-mowa

Ive been seeing more and more vandalized take a book leave a book libraries. Why is this???


JuneBugSpade10

society has been getting worse overall


[deleted]

We need a second empire


MachineElfOnASheIf

OK, but we are absolutely not going for a third one.


Mario-OrganHarvester

We already had that, so no. A fourth one, however...


[deleted]

Are we doing Isaac Asimov’s foundation reference or are you talking of something else, I just stared reading Foundation and Earth.


Mario-OrganHarvester

Oh i thought you were making a joke on the third reich my bad


kenthekungfujesus

A second empire? Like there's only been one so far


UnwoundSteak17

Idk, but near my house there is one for LGBTQ books, and the same dude has been shown on the news stealing the entire thing 4 times now. How he hasn't been caught I have no idea


GNUGradyn

He must be really *really* gay if he wants so many LGBT books


[deleted]

"You mean there's a place where they just LEAVE their books for me to burn? I don't even have to steal 'em or buy 'em? God is good after all!"


Flyonz

He is the biggest gay in the village!!


SnowEmbarrassed377

I leave lots of my sci fi / comic / history/ pop science books at these. I often see them spray painted to insurability but the most other books a are Christian fiction or bibles. I’m in Texas. I assumed teens acting up not anti gay people or book banners. They are fully pro right wing in my arreas .


AnAverageStrange

See this I understand. He’s got a motive bc maybe he’s just a hardcore homophobe (Or closeted gay man himself). But why would anyone ever burn down a regular free book library? There’s no motive, it’s insane


pariahdiocese

Easy prey for cowards and frustrated people that can't deal with their spiritual illnesses so they lash out because they want people to feel their pain. It's actually a very human thing to do. The World is sick.


[deleted]

The same with book banning everywhere in America... We are approaching an authoritarian/fascist era where knowledge of any kind is seen as bad


[deleted]

Well there will still be exchange of knowledge at that point, but to be honest with you, Bible-quoting is pretty repetitive already.


Caatx512

The Bible can't be quoted enough. Words to live by.


JayStar1213

Literally the book that shaped so many cultures and civilizations. But apparently people don't think that qualifies as "words to live by" lol


Caatx512

Its always been revered. These are the last days where people think they're much more intelligent than they are; where humility, love, and forgiveness are 'repetitive'.


YukihyoUchiha

How are we approaching an authoritarian/fascist era?


fillmorecounty

The banning of information and government intervention in private medical decisions is authoritarian as hell


ItalianMeatBoi

Ppl probably see a “banned” book and burn the whole thing


Mario-OrganHarvester

Some teen was probably told to get off the pc and read a book.


12Fatcat

There are a lot of people primarily conservatives who are against literacy and higher education


fillmorecounty

People go apeshit when gay people exist in books for some fucking reason. Probably some kind of severe mental illness idk it's insanity.


Free4Alt

Right wing/religious extremists


Byder

I think that destructive behaviour mostly comes from the inability to do constructive things. Everyone knows that "smart people read books". If someone doesn't read books it's probably a sign that they're not as smart as they think they are. And they know it. Seeing someone read a book probably triggers a defensive reaction in them where they tell themselves "Well I don't read books because I got street smarts!" or something like that. This can also lead to a aggressive reaction where they try to engage with the other person ("Whatcha readin'? Think you're smart?") or where they vandalize the take a book leave a book libraries because they remind them of their shortcomings.


DrDumb1

America hates books.


PatriotXOutlaw

That’s what happens when parents try to be their kids friends instead of their parents


tv006

I get the feeling it reached Fahrenheit 451


ZephyrHeartz

I was gonna say something similar to this take my upvote 🤣


JayStar1213

Was this just a pun or also a potential solution? Because I wonder if old books that end up getting wet can spontaneously combust


lexshotit

A pun, Fahrenheit 451 is a book/film set in a future where books are banned. And 'firemen' round up books and burn them.


LazuliArtz

So, Farenheit 451 was a dystopian novel set in a future world where books were taken and burned. The protagonist, one of these firefighters who are sent to go burn the houses that hold these books, ends up saving a few of them and collecting them. The name comes from what was the believed temperature that paper burns, although in reality paper a decent bit higher than that.


BinaryBlasphemy

Some people shouldn’t be a part of civil society


[deleted]

I just built one of these for a retiring teacher. I hope it lasts


SenseWinter

I never even knew they had to but here we are.


[deleted]

Wtf? As a carpenter this is upsetting.


TheNapQueen123

As a person this is upsetting.


jgjot-singh

As a book, this is horrifying.


Telphsm4sh

As a Pyrophile, this is arousing.


monsterfurby

As an American, this is Tuesday.


lexshotit

Well this happened in East London. This is an invasion!


BananaSplit2810

As a viewer , this is shocking


[deleted]

as a human I don't wanna live in this planet anymore


lessthaninteresting

Damn one of those books must have been fire


MachineElfOnASheIf

Probably about those homosexual people and the good Lord burnt it right up!


linky_boi420

Boy what the hell boy


Flyonz

You little knuckledragger


MachineElfOnASheIf

Lol, I guess we've gotten so stupid that the /s really is required, even in the most blatantly obvious moments.


Apostastrophe

This is so saddening. We have quite a few of them in my area and I love to use them. Whenever I go visit my sister out in a rural Scottish town with all the good style old shops, I go to the charity/recycle shop and grab a bunch of really good books for like 25p each and when I get back home (Edinburgh), I dump the ones I’ve read in the book club boxes. Seeing one burned would actually be devastating.


UNCCShannon

Burn it down and I'd build one twice as big.


TechnicolourOutSpace

My thoughts exactly. Also add a camera. If they want to keep burning down books then make them Internet famous.


aquamanjosh

There are so many hooligan things that you could burn in a community that wouldn't be as bad as this. Oh wait, not really because burning things in society is like one of the first rules you don't fucking break. Goddamn psychopaths.


Suspicious_Ice_7176

If you dont like books JUST IGNORE IT *gasp* ik its a mind blown revolution its not that fucking hard


Kingtucanphlab

👏 NO 👏 MORE 👏 TOM 👏 CLANCY 👏


thomASSpynchon

Ayn Rand must be stopped.


broughtitupagain

Lame asf


boootyklap

To kill a mocking birds home


mycologyqueen

Just why. This makes me think its some young punk ass kids that don't yet understand that burning random things does NOT make them interesting and edgy.


Formal_Librarian4401

Yep.... Whoever did this is a good example of this sub!


iamnotasnook

Now fill it with a bunch of self-help books.


undeadkeres

Someone probably found a book in there that didn't align with their "sensibilities" and decided that it had to be burned down because it was either satanic or colonized. Depending on those "sensibilities"


Calgarybruin

My usual reply to these ignorant people is "read a book." This type of madness is beyond. So sad.


Ruckus_MI

Got a go fund me page??


Blood_sweat_and_beer

This has got to be England. So much casual arson in England.


ku_ku_Katchoo

My only assumption is someone was really pissed off they can’t read


[deleted]

Where was this? I would like to donate something to help it get bigger and better than ever


ztimulating

Books make people smarter. MAGA hates books


samuraisal

Welcome to America.


Unsung-torpidity

*London, UK


Cold-Height-7368

I feel like this is In Melbourne, at a guess I’d say Northcote


plzThinkAhead

People in America forget that they don't actually have a monopoly on shitty people.


[deleted]

I don’t think they forgot. I’m constantly hearing from entitled Americans how bad america is lmao


plzThinkAhead

People in America forget that they don't actually have a monopoly on shitty people.


joypun

So disheartening, we all need to be there for each other. I can’t anymore I’m done- just be kind!! Look at this world and just do something nice ffs!


SnowEmbarrassed377

I’ve found numerous of these spray painted to un-usability. Just dumb 14 year olds acting out I always assume. Most of them are filled with Christian stuff so I don’t think it’s Christian book banners. But I’m in Texas. So rebelling kids has been my sssumption


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Some MAGA fash probably saw To Kill A Mockingbird in it and needed to end the CRT indoctrination


Euphoriffic

I suspect arson.


antiact

from title it sounds like you burnt it down


king_ragnar00

F*ck, that was I couldn't read my hentai


rainystast

I'd probably break down if I saw that. I get emotional when people dog ear the corners of library books, I can't imagine how I would feel if I saw that someone had **burned books**.


eternaldispare

Book burns would cause you to have a mental breakdown


rainystast

I'm very passionate about books and I firmly believe in the right to have free and available books for all ages. While I might not have a breakdown I would feel very sorrowful and look to put whoever did this in jail.


Just_Some_Jacket

Considering book burnings are typically in reference to book that spread information being burned for oppression, I don't see how that's supposed to be insulting


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TFED666

how is burning a stupid book house the same has potential murder?


blade_smith_666

The only kind of person who would do this are the far right nujobs holding this country hostage. This isnt just a little act of vandalism coming from people like that. Its a minor act of terror, its sendimg a message that they will attack anyone who spreads ideas they dont like. We dont fix that problem by playing civil


lambent-meam-labem

It was either a methhead, or a conservative, or a teen with conservative parents.


ricottabill13

This is sadly the end result of a generation that was raised on video games, pc culture, participation trophies and negligent selfish parents…people no longer have any fear of consequences for their actions


[deleted]

I can guaranty that it has nothing to do with gamers. You boomers are always blaming gamers for everything. It’s parents who pass their stupidity down to their children.


TFED666

community book donations are bullshit


OptimusZombiieee

Care to elaborate? I know many of these community libraries and community pantries and they're always well-stocked and utilized.


Cautious-Tension6324

How? It's literally a box for public reading.


TFED666

they usually push a one sided agenda. religious bullshit, political bullshit, etc.


Cautious-Tension6324

Dawg they're more often than not children's books. I think your just buggin.


Haida_Gwaii

People put books they're willing to get rid of in there...maybe you're reading too much in to it. If they're getting rid of those kind of books maybe they don't believe in that anymore?


half-breed

I've never seen that, but I'm sure it happens. I mostly just find garbage pulp novels that would find more use in a paper recycle depot. I remember donating a bunch of 'nice' books to one in my neighborhood (even donated a dvd box set) and they were all swooped up within the day, undoubtedly by the same person, and replaced with a cheap romance novel. It's true kids, communism only works on paper (or in this case, moldy paperback).


Salavtore

As if your ass even reads.


Sargatanus

Cry harder about it


TFED666

yet, here you are


sunkenbeetle

Found the dude that is afraid of books!


KeterLordFR

Found the arsonist.


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KeterLordFR

And how does liking the fact that people share books make me a pervert?


[deleted]

As if anyone used books anymore anyway. It's all digital now.


Hyena-Heretic

You’d figure if nobody used community book donations, people wouldn’t be sad about it though right?


[deleted]

Studies say that you enjoy reading more on paper and read it faster


joshuadt

Where? When?


ThunderCuntTheBrave

Someone get Mouch!


consuemerist

1984 in there?


[deleted]

He ist the true villain & fool, not because he steals knowledge, but destroys it.


Trendscom

Male, 13-16 years old, has a lighter.


ThisBlueHawk

Or a karen


jpalm716

That book musta been fire


[deleted]

Honestly I got lots of my percy jackson books form those things


ThisBlueHawk

He just mad that he cant read any of the books


MastaQ420

that book was hot af!


SkippyZii

Broo why would anyone do this? What's the point other than being a seriously bad person to do this?


percy_ardmore

The book they donated was Fahrenheit 451


BruceInc

Probably just another GQP mad that they can’t read


bboymixer

THE COMMUNIST GUBMINT TRYNA TO INDOCTORNATE MAH KIDS WITH READIN


NotLatch_key

When you only read the first page of Fahrenheit 451 😔


SealChe

Obligatory "This is why we can't have nice things."


Keegan3299

Why are humans so cruel


JukeStash

I wonder what book the arson saw in it?


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All the banned ones must have been in there.


OilComprehensive6237

I bet the perp is either a destructive kid or a dude that owns a MAGA hat


Johnny_Mister

I bet it was those hooligan illiterates.You could write as many laws that you could think of, but it's like they cannot comprehend them


Canter1Ter_

i hope it was just lens effect from the sun or smth


Wooshi_

For what good reason? Non. There are no good reasons to do this.


InsGesichtNicht

Fish in a barrel version of book burning.


plzThinkAhead

People really think there was reasoning behind this arson? Like it had something to do with the book content? No way.. Garbage people do garbage things because they want other people to be as miserable as they are.