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PittBlue

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32. As a retired high school librarian, this makes me absolutely sick.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Tue Jan 27, 2026, 12:23 PM

Jan 27

I was a librarian for 20 years in a school district in SW PA. In those 20 years, I had two book challenges and my administration backed me in both cases. Tre Haggert is obviously a Nazi with mommy issues.

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3000 Tennessee library books pulled: topics of slavery, the Holocaust, menstruation, ancient history, unclothed animals [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 27 OP

Da fuq ? dweller Jan 27 #1

Produce bag is a shopping bag I would guess Celerity Jan 27 #2

"implied breastfeeding" whow just whow!! riversedge Jan 27 #3

Shocked the librarians cooperated to babylonsister Jan 27 #4

Looks to me like some are responding with decently contrived over compliance Easterncedar Jan 27 #5

The 'underpants shown during cartwheel' made babylonsister Jan 27 #6

Ban the Bible! TheRickles Jan 27 #7

These guys hate women. Well, you know what to do, ladies. Shut it down. No more nookie. Joinfortmill Jan 27 #8

You know what would make kids even safer? Red Mountain Jan 27 #9

removing Anne Frank biographies? OGBuzz Jan 27 #10

Menstruation!!! mysteryowl Jan 27 #11

Girls don't need to know about it until it happens to them and they think they are dying. milestogo Jan 27 #25

Just bdamomma Jan 27 #30

They dont like thise "everybody poop" books either..nothing below the waist BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 27 #33

Tennessee striving to become the most illiterate state in the Union. sinkingfeeling Jan 27 #12

MAGA MOTTO: IGNORANCE IS BLISS. B.See Jan 27 #34

Here is an adorable book that riled up folks in the state of Alabama Collimator Jan 27 #13

Thanks for that little history lesson, Collimator! 70sEraVet Jan 27 #19

There is absolutely no indication of the gender of either rabbit in the story. Collimator Jan 28 #36

I'll bet nobody would make a wedding cake for them. milestogo Jan 27 #26

"Unclothed Animals"? hatrack Jan 27 #14

If you have ever lived that area, you would not be surprised at this. OldBaldy1701E Jan 27 #16

Do they clothe their animals there? travelingthrulife Jan 27 #22

I tried to stay away from there as much as I could. OldBaldy1701E Jan 27 #24

"Adam and Eve nude in the Garden of Eden" So, the Bible then? flvegan Jan 27 #15

What gender is God? Do the true believers ever ask or imagine? Ping Tung Jan 27 #17

My home state evolves Jan 27 #18

What a bunch of snowflakes Picaro Jan 27 #20

What snide, sniveling rodents we manage to elect here in TN! 70sEraVet Jan 27 #21

These religious loons need to be taxed back into political silence. travelingthrulife Jan 27 #23

Will the ignorant be dancing? WmChris Jan 27 #27

This is your brain on Christianity Mysterian Jan 27 #28

I was a senior at the University of Memphis when Hargett was in student government there Rob H. Jan 27 #29

Wake up America. bluestarone Jan 27 #31

As a retired high school librarian, this makes me absolutely sick. PittBlue Jan 27 #32

i have been to tennessee. grafitti in the bathroom was BIBLICAL. pansypoo53219 Jan 27 #35

MAGA needs to be purged at every fucking level. Initech Jan 28 #37