I consider book banning to be obscene. Checkmate fascists!
this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2024
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The stupid and corrupt blame those who are not.
I remember the assholes last year saying that this was just about elementary school kids.
Meanwhile in the hillbilly State...
Mein Fuhreer..
Take me hoome..
To the plaace..
We ban boooks..
Where's RTGame with a meteor strike when we need him?
When does the GOP outlaw literacy?
Entering the Cool Zone of history, as my nation's state legislators start doing the kind of things that end up as footnotes in the "Decline of The Empire" chapter.
I am so glad I left that hell hole when I was a kid.
Also: Coal mines given immunity.
This all reads like news in Plague Inc., but instead of playing the game you just watch as the world crumbles and destroys itself.
The U.S.*
The world is fine (ish.)
Everyone knows pollution doesn’t have a passport and doesn’t cross country lines.
You're probably referring to the coal thing. I was referring to the librarians thing.
Fascism won’t stop at the frontier either.
You're actually right, especially with this era of global communication.
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