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ShazzieB

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28. I'm sure there are people wgo would like to ban libraries.

Reply to tornado34jh (Reply #27)

Wed Jun 12, 2024, 09:22 PM

Jun 2024

Or at least exert rigid control over what materials they're allowed to have in their collections. Right now, they're focused on school libraries, but public libraries will be next if the morons have anything to say about it!

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Book about book bans banned by Florida school board [View all] ShazzieB Jun 2024 OP

"rebellion" "insubordination" - words used by weak leaders Iris Jun 2024 #1

Jennifer Pippin for Karen of the Year. The Unmitigated Gall Jun 2024 #2

So sad. I have 2 degrees from their public university ststem Iris Jun 2024 #23

They are getting like the Inquisition in Don Quixote.l GreenWave Jun 2024 #3

Ha malaise Jun 2024 #4

It's gonna take awhile for Florida to recover from DeSatan. Tragedy. I won't even go visit now. Joinfortmill Jun 2024 #5

Book about Florida banned in Florida. twodogsbarking Jun 2024 #6

south america , take it away. i loved that sequence. whelp it will be underwater soon. AllaN01Bear Jun 2024 #7

Bugs was smarter than, well, most. twodogsbarking Jun 2024 #14

bugs was a great troll, no. AllaN01Bear Jun 2024 #19

Just a question... maspaha Jun 2024 #8

Only books that teach edhopper Jun 2024 #10

The title was why I felt compelled to post this. ShazzieB Jun 2024 #24

The people amd parents in Florida have a choice edhopper Jun 2024 #9

Throughout recorded history book burners and banners have never been the good guys. sop Jun 2024 #11

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease. Midnight Writer Jun 2024 #12

Remember the scene from Beauty and the Beast where Gaston told Belle that it isn't right for a woman to read? tornado34jh Jun 2024 #13

Of course they want people in Florida to be dumb and uneducated. ShazzieB Jun 2024 #25

It is not just Florida, it's many states tornado34jh Jun 2024 #27

I'm sure there are people wgo would like to ban libraries. ShazzieB Jun 2024 #28

Ponce de Leon's first name was Juan and he may have been, well, LGBTQ. twodogsbarking Jun 2024 #15

It's a coffee table book about coffee tables! jayschool2013 Jun 2024 #16

I was reminded of... Archae Jun 2024 #17

The irony just piles up. She's from "Moms for Liberty", and accused it of "teaching rebellion of school-board authority" muriel_volestrangler Jun 2024 #18

I hate it when people use a word like liberty to name a group that actually OPPOSES liberty! ShazzieB Jun 2024 #26

accused it of "teaching rebellion of school-board authority", Demovictory9 Jun 2024 #20

Really, the point is to ban all books. Iris Jun 2024 #22

I immediately went to my local avebury Jun 2024 #21