@Jens_Rasmussen yeah I was thinking about people burning something like a Bible or whatever VS someone burning a far-left progressive book that's been sitting on a shelf at a store near me for six months, untouched. Personal viewpoints aside, they both serve very similar purposes for the people who would read them. The difference is that one is political and one is religious. With the way things are, you would have tons of people who would support burning one but condemn the other, saying it should be illegal to burn. I'm of the mind that if it has become your property, destroying it is totally within your right.

It does create a bit of an issue with things that do not have copies, though. If someone somehow managed to purchase the Mona Lisa or something, and then destroyed it, that would be a significant cultural loss. So who is to say what is and is not an important or significant piece of culture or history? Who protects something like that? As far as I know, it isn't like any US confederate statues were voted on to be destroyed, the local governments just decided to do it.

I don't know, it's just interesting to think about. The older I get, the more I kind of start to think that diverging from your ideals is sometimes necessary in order to make sure the culture you wish to foster is kept.