Political Memes

Edit: just realised the meme called all book banners not good guys instead of bad guys. And I agree the Bavarian government are definitely not good guys. Still left the original reply for ceomleteness' sake even though it's based on a wrong premise.

I agree that it should not be banned. However this one mistake isn't enough to label the people who banned it as bad guys. Overall the people who banned it, namely the Bavarian government, did an OK job at managing their state. They are conservative to be sure and passed a bunch of other bad legislation but not enough to make them bad guys. I associate bad guys with movie villains and while there are governments around the world that are on that level the Bavarian government isn't amongst them.

Honestly I disagree.

Should a book detailing how to kill yourself with household items be in a school library? Sometimes it's about protecting people from themselves.

I do agree that Mein Kampf should not be banned (and funnily enough, contrary to popular belief it never was banned in Germany), but please don't put it in every library. I would feel weird handing a child a copy of it, even if it was annotated. They lack the critical thinking skills and context surrounding it, and might misinterpret its contents. Anyway I'm not saying I'm right, that's just my opinion.

PS: I like your phrase "it speaks for itself" because in my eyes, all books "speak" to you, but not all of them say the right things. It's up to the reader to interpret it, and not everyone is capable of that.