This isn’t a discussion to provoke fighting and name calling, but rather how you actually view the situation. A lot of older texts are being changed with new updated editions because their perspective doesn’t match with some current day ones, or features large amounts of racist and homophobic topics, etc.
Do you think it’s ok to change it, or is that literally erasing history and should be kept as a learning device to see how we have grown and changed and now know how to NOT act? Or do you think that it’s incredibly rude to keep such things in books and they should be updated to a more positive version? An example is the Ronald Dahl books, here’s a brief overview:
by oh_sneezeus
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Personally, I think we should leave the passages as they are. Yes, they are offensive and outdated, but the point is to show us the thinking of the time, to show how much things have changed and progressed.
It also dilutes the messaging. If you dilute the messaging in Mein Kampf, people won’t see the big deal.