Some dumb motherfuckers read Fahrenheit 451 and thought “Hey, that sounds like a good idea. Why aren’t we doing that?”
I expect school fire drills are gonna be a bit different now…
Scheduled for 4:51 pm?
could you imagine having so much time on your hands that you debase the entire intellectual potential of your tribe, town, city, what have you, just by being a self righteous prick about pieces of paper with words printed on them?
i was just in another thread. and for some reason. people take HUGE offense to being knowledgeable. like if you try to climb out of the ignorant bucket but you almost can’t because the other crabs pull us back down.
you could rape a mans wife, flay his children before his eyes and he wouldn’t lift a finger to object, but say you have a book? and this book teaches you stuff? oh, that’s greater than any sin imaginable (the best part is i didn’t mention what book, but id love to hear everyone’s ‘self righteous’ projections about which one)
I heard this guy talking about the right’s reaction to the pandemic say “This whole new idea of what’s liberty, and liberty for whom can kill. Especially when it replaces the idea of liberty as that which has to be shared in some kind of common good.”
It’s obvious though that it’s not actually a new idea, but I think this cuts to the heart of it. It’s an inherently selfish mindset that is so prevalent on the right. They use the idea of “liberty” as a bludgeon to get what they want by redefining it. Freedom has stopped meaning a group concept and become purely a personal one. Their own wants are the most important thing in all cases. And I want to emphasize want. These aren’t beliefs. They are projecting their desires of the way they would prefer the world and calling them beliefs.
It’s fairly universal, I think, but exemplified in American culture. I could go one about some of the “founding” ideas of the country that have had effects that last to today but I’m talking about freedom today. It was always a selfish idea here (bunch of business men didn’t want to pay taxes) and the end result is before us.
People see a book that makes them uncomfortable - for whatever reason - and just want it removed, regardless of any wider ramifications. They get scared about their own impending doom when a pandemic hits so they seek to remove the fear by the most direct path. Actually solving it is hard, but removing the fear is quick, so they demand that everyone just stop being afraid and stop reminding them of the things they fear. It seems to be a pretty standard through-line for their ethos.
Drrrrrraaamaaaaaaa.
Ok, so we’ve just never followed where the first amendment says there will be no national religion
No, we’re too busy furiously masturbating to the second amendment. After all, that’s the only one that counts!
No you see it wasn’t religious because it didn’t require teaching anything else, just not teaching evolution. Also since some church folk support evolution and other church folk don’t it can’t be religious for that either.
Seriously though, for anyone unfamiliar with Christian dogma, according to them humans were divinely made in God’s image. The state supreme court wasn’t even trying to be impartial.
The comment section confuses me. Is this picture just a reminder how things were in 1925? Or is teaching evolution now banned in Florida?
This is an event from the past which is being echoed in the present.
It’s strange, I know… sometimes people look at the past to better assess how to handle the present or to better know what to expect from the future.
Alright, thanks for the answer. I found the snarky addition pretty unecessary. What’s up with people here? So much hostility around.
I tried to understand the image and asked for help. Got it, thanked. Where’s the need for downvotes or sarcasm in that?
Maybe that is living “A Boring Dystopia”, but I think we can and should do better.
I think it’s because you were mistaken for a concern troll, “just asking questions” but intended to not people down.
From your first response, it wasn’t possible to tell if you genuinely wanted more information, or were gearing up for some bad faith arguments.
I hate to put so much thought and disclaimers into simple questions but I understand where this is coming from. It’s alright.
I mean at first glance I see a title for an article, a short description of the scope of the article and a picture from a past article that echoes the same concept.
This article (I haven’t seen it linked) is likely about books being banned.
What’s with the snarky replies? Well, you seem to be asking in bad faith and are being treated as such. I’m sorry if that’s in error. If you’re genuinely asking these questions it’s a safe assumption having it explained clearly might help you. If you can sense the “snark” you can certainly parse the topic of this article from the screenshot.
you seem to be asking in bad faith and are being treated as such. I’m sorry if that’s in error.
Yes, it was a genuine question. I hope this community isn’t always that way.
Don’t worry, I understood you had a question and wasn’t sure why you were downvoted. Seriously just don’t worry about the downvotes, it’s 2023 there’s going to be snark on the internet
Never change, Florida.
Teachers were giving kids actual pornography. Sorry, as a parent, I have a right to demand my children not be taught how to give gay blowjobs with graphic illustrations. You went too far, and now you have to stop. Cry all you want. Most people are not okay with your degeneracy.
Edit: one of the “children’s” books is called “Gender Queer,” and includes graphic illustrations of sex.
That seems your source sound entirely made up to get a certain delight riled up. I’d you are a victim of this misinformation please do some deeper research. If you’re just a pusher of disinformation I’m really disappointed.
Prove your claim. What book? Where? Or are you just making this up or maybe repeating some bullshit some other moron said?
Sure if they did I’d agree, but this never ever happened so why do you claim it did?
if we’re randomly accusing people of being pedophiles without proof, I’d start with the guy bringing up CSAM unprovoked ya know
I respect that you’ve provided something to back your claim up, but have you actually seen the uncensored version yet?
It’s not what you’re claiming - it’s about how someone born female has been fantasising what it would be like to have male genitals. The ‘gay blowjob’ is the character finally trying on a strap on - which is pretty obvious in both the text and uncensored image, and then deciding pretty immediately that the fantasy was much better than the reality.
There is a reason that websites are censoring it when they show it, and it isn’t because they’re protecting you. It’s because a half truth is much more powerful than a all-out lie, and by censoring parts out, it allows the readers to fill in the blanks with something much worse. They’re deliberately trying to deceive you, to rile you up, and keep you coming back to them.
None of the books being banned are pornographic. Don’t fucking lie to advance your cause of genocide
You are lying
Prove it.
Not for nothing but gay blow jobs are practically the same as straight ones and I don’t need a book to teach me that. Also heavy doubt that that is the case
No, no. Straight blowjobs don’t exist. It’s eyes closed missionary position, or else straight to hell.
Unless you’re Boebert
I avoid hell by doing it in the ear.
Between a Man and Wife who are only suffering the degeneracy to procreate.
Please provide a source.
Was not expecting that 2nd paragraph.
Imagine imprisoning the people who are responsible for bringing new, functional adults to our society for the inane crime of teaching.
Well, when education is kind of a problem for your plans of building a third world country…
Who better to arrest? The Republicans want to infect the minds of the kids and purging/silencing the teachers who don’t comply makes sense.
They are trying to “bring God back into schools”. Ted Cruz’s dad is involved with a PAC that’s trying to via school boards.
The scary part about it is, they probably don’t believe that is what they’re doing at all. I’d wager almost all of the people getting behind this are people who believe that the responsibility of bringing new, functional adults to society is the sole purview of the church.
