The librarian who couldn't take it anymore

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6. I don't think it's about protecting children.

I would guess that every child of anyone in the Moms for Liberty groups or the parents who support them has a mobile phone where their children can access far worse content than they’ll see in library books and at younger ages. It’s a strategy to win elections for Republicans. Moms for Liberty did not just spring up overnight as grass-roots organizations across the country. It was heavily funded by right-wing sources and I believe was modeled on the women’s groups that were so successful in preventing integration and keeping Jim Crow alive for decades. Why else would those who started the organization show up at school board meetings to stir up anger and hatred when they didn’t even live in those states or counties?

Republicans are very good at finding ways to use fear and anger to create political agreement and get votes. I think their culture wars make be backfiring a bit on them as the results in Virginia showed. The large majority of parents still want public education, and they want their schools to have enough teachers and librarians. Republican attacks are causing too many to leave. Democrats need to highlight the damaging results of the Republican culture wars in their campaigns.

Edited to add this:

The article has these words the librarian used on her last day: “Lights out. Doors locked.”These words perfectly describe what Republicans are doing to public education and would make a great campaign slogan for Democrats.