04-12-2023, 05:33 PM
Conservative politicians' new target is the funding of public libraries.
LLano County Texas was ordered by a judge to return "banned" books to the shelves of their library. Now they are set to vote on closing the library entirely.
Missouri legislative Republicans, in response to lawsuits from the Missouri Association of School Librarians and the Missouri Library Association concerning book bans, has voted to remove ALL funding from the state's public libraries
Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., tweeted: “Over time, American communities will build beautiful, church owned public-access libraries. I’m going to help these churches get funding. We will change the whole public library paradigm. The libraries regular Americans recall are gone. They’ve become liberal grooming centers.”
They are just censoring what children can read. They are censoring what ADULTS can read at the library. They are all for parental rights until parents make choices for their children that conservatives disagree with. They are all against "cancel" culture unless it is something they are canceling. These banned books are written about topics conservatives don't think anyone should learn about or written by authors they don't approve of.
If your only path to power is keeping the public ignorant, then conservatives should really be reexamining how they do business. Keep in mind that if you are applauding the crushing of liberal ideas that sooner or later more extreme right wing conservatives will come after your ideas.
The silencing of ideas and information is the real slippery slope that every American should be afraid of.
LLano County Texas was ordered by a judge to return "banned" books to the shelves of their library. Now they are set to vote on closing the library entirely.
Missouri legislative Republicans, in response to lawsuits from the Missouri Association of School Librarians and the Missouri Library Association concerning book bans, has voted to remove ALL funding from the state's public libraries
Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., tweeted: “Over time, American communities will build beautiful, church owned public-access libraries. I’m going to help these churches get funding. We will change the whole public library paradigm. The libraries regular Americans recall are gone. They’ve become liberal grooming centers.”
They are just censoring what children can read. They are censoring what ADULTS can read at the library. They are all for parental rights until parents make choices for their children that conservatives disagree with. They are all against "cancel" culture unless it is something they are canceling. These banned books are written about topics conservatives don't think anyone should learn about or written by authors they don't approve of.
If your only path to power is keeping the public ignorant, then conservatives should really be reexamining how they do business. Keep in mind that if you are applauding the crushing of liberal ideas that sooner or later more extreme right wing conservatives will come after your ideas.
The silencing of ideas and information is the real slippery slope that every American should be afraid of.
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