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The Ten Most Harmful Books
by jayarrigo
Here is a list of what the National Conservative Weekly considers the Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Century.
Now some of these books were either a call to arms inciting hatred (Mein Kampf) or a misguided system that led to the tyranny and torture of a hell of a lot of people (Das Kapital, Mao's Little Red Book).
But Kinsey? C'mon! Darwin? Harmful? Maybe to Creationists.
And how American and Jingoistic is this list? We would never think of Paine's Common Sense as harmful, but tell that to a Briton in 1780.
Personally, I think that this is not a bad document. Nor was this. But look at it from the other side and "you're starting to sound like a separatist."
So anyway, the point is...
What do we think the 10 Most Harmful (or Dangerous) Books (or other Media Works) are?
Give it some thought. Do a little research. Or not, because you've already pulled a Nick Hornby and have a Top 10. Your choice.
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