Here we go with the book burning, now

I haven't tracked coverage of the burning event itself, but it was raised by Quebec politicians in Canada:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/book-burning-quebec-us-1.7109396

A video posted Tuesday by a Republican candidate for secretary of state in Missouri shows her taking a flame-thrower to library books that she claims are being used to "groom" children.

Among the books burned by candidate Valentina Gomez was Naked: Not Your Average Sex Encyclopedia, the English translation of the book Tout nu by Quebec author Myriam Daguzan Bernier and illustrator Cécile Gariépy.

The book is described as an inclusive guide to sexuality aimed at teens.

Lacombe told reporters in Quebec City today that book burning has no place in 2024.

"Prohibiting books — I think that sounds a bit 'old priest from the 1900s,'" Lacombe told reporters at the legislature.

"It's not acceptable, we can be for or against books, but burning books —we're in 2024."

>1 Cecrow: Even though AP press is reporting that no actual books were burned at that event/incident, the inflammatory comments of the candidate and the gesture as one of violent demonstration are unacceptable as social discourse. If one wants to be seen as a responsible adult capable of governing or being a member of government, one ought to act like a responsible adult and not model the behavior of hooligans or other biblioclasts.