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Why does slammer use this so often?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

it's a reference to the burning & burying of scholars i think. it's not always directed at people that write bad shit but i bet that's how it was originally posed, then twisted to new purposes over time

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Symbolic of the vitriol the mandate of heaven has for U$$A