#I wouldn't call Savonarola's Florence a *fascist* city-state or anything
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The Bonfire of the Thrawnities
When Thrawn critics go all medieval on your ass.
#thrawn#thrawn critical#thrawn police#an historical example of what happens when people police what others read or how they should interpret literature or what they should like#morality police#remind you something?#religious fanatics#fundamentalism#dare I say *fascism*??#Bonfire of the Vanities#15th-century Florence#Girolamo Savonarola#bad Dominican friars#I wouldn't call Savonarola's Florence a *fascist* city-state or anything#we have all studied more recent and more horrifying examples of fascist states or fundamentalist theocracies burning books#so when people--however well meaning--tell you how you should interpret literature#you may remind them that this kind policing can have devastating consequences when taken to the extreme#and is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes#and religious extremists#sorry not sorry for my horrendous photoshopping skills
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