Hello, I’m really curious to know people’s opinions regarding reading controversial books in general. By controversial I mean books like Mein Kampf or The Turner Diaries, books that are clearly based on racist, antisemitic, homophobic, xenophobic, etc… ideals. I’ve just finished reading Out of America by Keith Richburg and while that book is certainly not on par with the books mentioned before, it is contentiously debated (I also live in Africa so maybe it’s debated more here than elsewhere). I’m just curious to know people’s opinions on books where the ideals being spread are bigotry. Should these books be read or should they not be? This is purely meant to be a conversation starter, not a take.
by gahoolio8