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In response to ""Yeah, and I'd also like to ban that book Midnight Jew." "Sir, that's "Midnight Jewel" with a library sticker cutting off the title on the spine."" by rollo

i'm not looking for fascists to be distressed by this, but you'd think most educated people would be scared or angry enough to take action instead of

Posted by colin (aka colinski) Jan 31 '23, 12:52

hand wringing.

I'm not calling for violence or anything, but .. violence does happen about the only language fascists understand.

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uh......what? -- nm - rollo Jan 31, 12:56 22
- what are you unclear on? - colin Jan 31, 13:09 15
  - Look, if I lived in Florida and there were books I wanted my kids to read that were banned by the school library, I would just buy those books from - rollo Jan 31, 14:11 14
    - i get it. - colin Jan 31, 14:22
    - Yes, but not everyone has that option financially, and the message it sends about the value of reading in schools as well as how - Reagen Jan 31, 14:18 8
      - I certainly appreciate the other side of the argument, up until it dives into "take up arms against your library oppressors" territory -- nm - rollo Jan 31, 14:35 7
        
        Armed is too far, I agree. Loud, boisterous and unruly, I could get behind. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 14:39 1
        
        that would mean you're dealing with someone that bows to public pressure, has shame, or can be reasoned with. - colin Jan 31, 14:44
        
        Who said the libraries were the ones doing the oppressing? -- nm - znufrii Jan 31, 14:37 4
        
        Ack! What!? I take it all back. Violence for all, or for none. Everyone leave me alone. -- nm - rollo Jan 31, 14:41 3
        
        Not trying to pile on here, but I want to clarify that my point isn’t in regards to resorting to violence, but how you’re framing the argument - znufrii Jan 31, 14:53 1
        
        Swap out librarians for whoever you like then, I think I've established my position -- nm - rollo Jan 31, 15:02
        
        Yada yada worse than Hitler -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 14:42
    - You're lucky that you can afford to buy books, and your kids are lucky that their parents would do that. Many are not that lucky. -- nm - mara Jan 31, 14:16 3
      - I agree completely (I knew I was going to come off sounding like an asshole, oh well). I think the answer is charity not violence -- nm - rollo Jan 31, 14:36 1
        
        These bigots would have a fucking coronary at our school's libraries. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 14:40
      - Morale in those schools has to be in the Earth's fucking core. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 14:19
- We should be punching more nazis like DeSatan. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 31, 13:00
- He's saying he's baffled why Floridians are leaning over and taking it. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 13:00 4
  - because a majority of Americans in Florida want fascism. - Jovian Jan 31, 13:18 3
    - Well, no, those aren't the ones he means. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 13:19 2
      - Oh I know. But they live in Florida. Under a fascist regime by a fascist governor with primarily fascists as their neighbors. - Jovian Jan 31, 13:21 1
        
        fascists are a minority, but their tactics scare people. - colin Jan 31, 13:35
Santos *hopes* for such action. Almost as much as inaction. -- nm* - Spawn Jan 31, 12:54

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