The news that a man recently took it upon himself to burn 100 books that he checked out of the Cuyahoga County Public Library in Beachwood because they did not meet his approval should be a much bigger story.

As it stands, the story barely enjoyed a 12-hour shelf life; perhaps because there's so much being thrown at us these days.

At a time when public libraries and their funding are under siege, police say the suspect checked out and torched 100 books on Black history, LGBTQ+ education, and Judaism.

It is the same old playbook: Othering and scapegoating those deemed as inauthentically American because of who they are or what they believe.

According to Beachwood police, the suspect made a video of the burning books that included a caption of "cleansing" the library.

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