Tim Campbell for July 08, 2023

I forget the exact quote, but the truth is something that won’t go away if you don’t believe in it.

Burning/banning a history book doesn’t change history as some folks seem to believe.

Truth will out, but many will suffer. The persecutors will enjoy their day.

Should be a Moms for Liberty member.

Most banned books come from a very small group, less than 10-20 and the libraries cave!

Give me a f-in break!

What happened to stand your ground and get a spine?

I was raised in Texas, so I had Texas history—a unit about 6 weeks long in 5th grade, a semester in high school, and as an elective in college ( since by then I figured it was an easy A). So, I had been thoroughly taught that the Texans had signed paperwork agreeing to become Mexican citizens and that the Alamo was part of a civil war between Mexicans, which occurred because the Mexican government had changed their constitution and the Texans opposed the changes. It was when I was about 30 and did some reading on my own that I found out that the changes in the Mexican constitution were totally the abolishment of slavery. Living in Texas is similar to being a Faux news viewer. They are rated in polls as being the most poorly informed demographic, and it isn’t because they don’t know a lot—it’s just that most of what they know isn’t true.

Republicans support lying loser Trump because they want to burn democracy to the ground and be dictators.

Where they burn books they would also burn people..

The new “Truth or Consequences?”

When groups or individuals lose touch with reality the first thing they do is destroy anything that demonstrates reality is different than their distorted perceptions. Next thing we may hear from these wackos is that Rosa Parks was a white women molested by blacks on a bus and that Ann Franks was a loyal Nazi kidnapped by Jewish terrorists.

Also understand at least one of the book burning group is on the sex offender register, yep reality needs them telling people what to read

“Ignorance is strength.”

George Orwell, 1984

Outrage as Republican says 1921 Tulsa massacre not motivated by race

Oklahoma superintendent Ryan Walters decried for comments on 1921 massacre in which hundreds were killed by white mobs

In a public forum on Thursday, Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s state superintendent of public instruction, said teachers could cover the 1921 massacre, in which white Tulsans murdered an estimated 300 Black people, but teachers should not “say that the skin color determined it”.

Walters is a pro-Trump Republican who was elected to oversee Oklahoma education in November. He has consistently indulged in rightwing talking points including “woke ideology” and has said critical race theory should not be taught in classrooms. Republicans have frequently conflated banning critical race theory with banning any discussion of racial history in classrooms.

Right wing racists are trying to cover up their historical crimes.

Education in OK is NOT OK with the execrable Ryan Walters at the pulpit.

I wonder how many kids in those states, towns, counties, school districts are looking up the banned books online to read? The one thing that can get kids to want to do something they may never have given a thought to do, is their parents telling them they can’t do it. Especially, when bans such as this are localized, and there is no good reason to ban the books. Almost always, books they’ve never read.

One cannot hide the truth by banning books… but it’s a perfectly obvious and “reasonable” (given the premise) PART of hiding the truth. Remember RightWingNuts are short term oriented, and they don’t use logic so they’re FINE with doing things that make them feel good about banning something they hate and then, when they notice it didn’t work, hating THAT, too. Because aside from the above, they’re also very often driven by negativity.

Let’s keep porn in the hands of children oh spiny one

Republicans hate truth.

It’s not libraries it’s class rooms were children don’t need to be indoctrinated with porn