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Two members of Moms for Liberty, a right-wing activist group, have reported several Florida school librarians to law enforcement. They claimed they had evidence that librarians were distributing "pornography" to minors and requested that law enforcement officers be dispatched. This represents a serious escalation of the tactics deployed by members of Moms for Liberty against school librarians.

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[–] blazera@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

they got that "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" naming convention going on

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I know when I hear a con talking about "freedom" and "liberty" they are talking about the Southern notion of those terms, not the meaning most people are thinking of.

[–] FReddit@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago
[–] mlg@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This reminds me of the story of Ronald McNair in the segregated library: https://youtu.be/0lLf6qakrTw?feature=shared

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That's a great video, thanks for sharing!

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I guess these bumbling idiots think biology books are porn too

[–] uphillbothways@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Need to reboot Rob Zombie's Dragula as a grind house flick about a Dragged out Drag Racing bitch mowing down all these Sparkle Motion bitches on the way to church one morning. Maybe run through the chapel and make skid marks out of the pastor.
Wouldn't help or anything, but I'd probably go see it, in the theater even. Release it Easter Sunday. idk.

Nothing's gonna stop this kinda shit until we outlaw religion or fucking seriously reign it in. That shit's never gonna happen the way things are going, so might as well twist their panties with some real nasty speculative fiction.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Want to get rid of religion? Educate kids with critical thinking and get them excited about science -- the whole process. Teach them to find their own answers scientifically. Religious zealotry can't survive in minds so cultivated.

[–] uphillbothways@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I can't think of anything more degrading, demoralizing and dejecting than working in modern education. I appreciate where you're coming from and used to agree with you whole heartedly.
I mean, you realize you're commenting on a story about mothers calling the police on a school librarian and accusing them of distributing pornography to children, right? The very kind of person who would be educating those same children in the ways you suggest, attacked baselessly, life quite possibly ruined depending on how it's handled.

[–] clif@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

never gonna stop me, never gonna stop.

Nice zombie reference

[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Here's their coming outfits

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

These guys are for "liberty" like the Ministry of Truth is a bastion of truth.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

~~Moms for Liberty members~~ Fascists call the cops on Florida librarians

Fixed that for them.

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

Every time I see stuff like this makes me even more glad I don't live in that hell hole called the "Un-united Shithole of america"

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