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Texas, what a shit hole.
Oct 29, 2021 12:21 PM
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P50Juan
“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” - Cesar A. Cruz
trippingthelightfantastic
stinkingyeti
I've used that line and others like it so many times, only my brother remembers cause we used to do it to each other
blockedtrem
So, wait... are the Republicans creating safe spaces?
Nthetwit
Safe spaces!? Never! These are tough, alpha men! They just need to get rid of ideas they don't like... for a space that's safe for them.....
Couchwarrior1337
Ezekiel 23:20, time to ban the bible from schools!
CrunchWrapFrappuccinoo
So now they're going to give Fahrenheit 451 a try? What then? The handmaid's tail becomes a user manual?
cyberimg
Damn you, I know 451, but you forced me to look up handmaid.
ElbowDeepinaTinyOctopus
The Handmaid's Tale is apparently one of the banned books. I guess they don't want us to see how it ends up?
FlyingButtPliers
Bible is on there hopefully. Rape, murder, genocide, plague, etc.
ReallyNotSure
next they kill all the younglings
ich0kemyselftosleep
All versions of the bible better be on that list.
adognamedpumpkin
Yup. Too much sex and violence!
Goodmerlinpeen
How about a book describing babies getting their heads bashed in, women stoned to death, incest, rape, talking donkeys, crucifixtion... etc
Fedotia
I bet he'll claim his support for autodafe was misreported by "lugenpress"
MrFancyPanzer
If discussing racism makes you uncomfortable, you might be a bit racist.
Idonotbelievewehavecompany
I would like to apologize for our clueless leadership who do nothing but take kickbacks from large oil companies and make shit policies.
AcidZebra
Meanwhile in Berlin 1933
mikeatike
Goose stepping morons should try reading books instead of /burning/ them.
CallsignFatNinja
Meanwhile in *Texas* 2021
RickySlade01
Vidikron
The bible makes me uncomfortable
joker2814
Wait until this dude finds out what’s in the bible.
aChungusAmongUs
Let me guess.. then they burn them? Texas is just a couple steps away from being a full on faux-christian theocracy
aChungusAmongUs
Actually… I don’t have the vocabulary to say the word that describes it..
CallsignFatNinja
Fascist
Zreen
Pseudoreligipolitical shithrowing
cadburyegg
So let me get this straight: we gotta protect the kids from feeling discomfort from books, but not protect them from a deadly virus? Or from
cadburyegg
school shootings? Explain it to me like I'm 5.
Zreen
Power begets power, and the truth can lead those with power to lose it and give to someone else
Anju42
They want to "protect" kids from life, health, and education so only extremely wealthy kids have access and the cast system can continue.
knightofnarg
As a kid you should be seen and not heard, just do what you're told.
TheHappyHermit
Meanwhile, in Kentucky:
https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1453415708960886785?s=20
BootsDusty
Fedotia
So that's the well-written version of "IT TURN MAH KIDS GAAAAY" ?
BootsDusty
Nthetwit
I am definitely not seeing a pattern..... what could it be!? /s
ThePunishersVengefulBrother
Harry Potter for containing "actual curses and spells" WTF?
Ghost0fDawn
It was a non fiction documentary, don't you know? /s
ThePunishersVengefulBrother
Well, that explains Delores Umbridge in the picture up there.
DrewBerg
"Cancel culture and book banning bad, unless we do it then it's fine" Republicans in a nutshell.
mikeatike
Pretry much the same for anything. Corruptuon, insider trading, election fraud, child rape...
Thekindofkindlyman
Weren’t they making a fuss about some Dr Seuss books that were “cancelled.” You know, the ones the publisher chose to stop printing
indrindri
Rules for thee but not for me
EverNotRelevant
No one actually dislikes "Cancel culture," they just disagree about who gets to control it and who it's aimed at.
DiningKruger
Cancel culture isn't actually a thing. A business failing because of poor practice or tact with the consumer is literally capitalism in act
EverNotRelevant
I'm aware. Hence the quotation marks.
DiningKruger
You may want to take a look again, because to follow your quotations by validating that it is a real thing. It's not.
DrewBerg
Personally, I strongly believe "Cancel culture" isn't a real thing. It's a convenient boogeyman political hacks like to use to complain >
EverNotRelevant
I'm aware. Hence the quotation marks.
DrewBerg
About either the consequences of their actions or simply a business reacting in a way that is in their own interest. Basically, capitalism.
Anju42
I thought cancel culture was when nobody wants to hang out with Karen because she's a horrible obnoxious person or when people "cancel" pet
Anju42
food brands by not buying their pets garbage food and getting good stuff instead. Basically kind of a reasonable thing to do.
channelranger
The difference is the left wants shit removed that's usually bigoted and often just incorrect.
channelranger
The right wants to remove anything that might make a white supremacist cis straight boy uncomfortable.
aquestionfouru
That is a silly generalization of what has become a complex issue.
DrewBerg
Lol. It's really not that complex. I already succinctly explained it above.
EverNotRelevant
Yep. When it comes to motives, there's no comparison.
aquestionfouru
Sure there is, its all in the eye of the beholder.
PerthAussieMike
That's the whole point of some books!!!
TheFutureIsShitJustLikeThePast
Lol the right trolling the left. This is hilarious.
dank69
The irony of people who attack liberals as "snowflakes" banning things that might cause "discomfort"
SanchoPliskin
I was never discouraged from reading anything and I will not discourage my son from reading anything.
SebastianCrab
Right?! I didn't read "The Diary of a Young Girl" because it was a whimsical walk through the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
Couchwarrior1337
Fallen Angels would have failed as a book if it didn't make me uncomfortable.
SlightChungus
I've screamed this at my mom when she didn't like some of the reading material in high school.
TheRealGritty
Looking at you Calculus: Early Transcendentals
by James Stewart
GergsJohnson
Wow, that gave me a flashback....it's been 20 years man and it still hurts
b3n9
Also, fucking everything from Pearson, from computer science and databases to physics, both for the insane price and terrible books!
HandoB4Javert
Lists of books to ban? See: Fascism (the early years)*
HandoB4Javert
& Communism
CakeShapedPie
My school library had a sign: If you cant find a book that bothers you here, let us know so we can get some.
Tybirous
That's how it SHOULD be done.
JanieKSmith
Texas Representative Matt Krause
https://www.texastribune.org/directory/matt-krause/
DYLANLEE79
Including The Handmaid's Tale, Cider House Rules, and V for Vendetta. Along with a bunch of books on Roe v. Wade and racism. I'm not kidding
InDubiousBattle
"That's the fucking point, you asshats!" -Margaret Atwood, probably.
Imgerruinedimger
There is one book on that list I totally agree should not be in school libraries...
thisiswhyicanthaveanythingnice
The asshole writing this law hasn’t read any of these books. He does realize many of them are warnings against people like him.
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Elkarlo77
When i remembered correctly there was a part about a whole race enslaved and then freed by God, because slavery is wrong. Should be banned.
Foxhack
I guess some kinds of fiction are just fine.
chiechien
It probably is. Actually reading the Bible tends to create atheists.
AngryGraphicDesigner
The Bible makes me feel incredibly uncomfortable. Can we ban this too?
CJFoxx11
Yeah I really hate how god sent a bear to murder children for making fun of an old man. Is that how it went?
SatanicSpirals
Let's make education secular again.
Nthetwit
I'm a Christian (an actual one, not a GOP one) and I support keeping religion out of schools.
AngryGraphicDesigner
Truly appreciate that!
Nthetwit
Now if they want to teach about it as a history class, I'm down! But need to teach about Islam, Judaism, etc. Not faith, just background.
Closeenoughforthis
If they had actually read it, they'd want to ban it.
Amanda55andcows
Read it? Don't be silly. They'll never read it, the hero condemns everything they do, besides he dies. Very sad. Not a winner like the GOP!
Closeenoughforthis
Definitely a loser and a sucker.
RichieMuenster
It has more sex and violence than all the banned ones put together
Gen1Optimus
They're one step short of being literal Nazis
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
That one step being another coup.
tumantorak
I made a list of states that make me uncomfortable: Texas and Florida are at the top.
adognamedpumpkin
evilgriff
“Oh we fucking see you there SD!” - States without regressive legislators or shit governors.
Nthetwit
I'm in NC. A bit like Texas. Pockets of Resistance in bigger cities, and some smaller ones. But a whole lot of ignorance all over.
jackd418
Dead even if you ask me but you didn’t
TheLostOtter
I suggest adding Missouri. We're not too far behind Texas in a lot of things.
IWasACatAllAlong
May i recommend tennesseeeee for the list.
adognamedpumpkin
I’m so bummed about Tennessee. I grew up in a moderate Southern state. I moved away from a bizarre, regressive stronghold of xenophobia.
IWasACatAllAlong
One of my best friends are from the state. I hear some awful things from time to time. Especially since the friend is very heavily lgbt.
SomeDetroitGuy
Wyoming and Utah are quietly very regressive.
MetalPsychologist
They’re not quiet about it. They’re just so small that nobody cares. Utah is like 1/3 the population of the greater Chicago area.
MetalPsychologist
Idaho and Wyoming combined are less populated than Orlando.
Scuttlebutte
don't even talk about Idaho, that place is fucked
Athanar
Hey! I live in Idaho! And you're right...
ThaWhiteRanger
I have matches and kerosene.
LowTinaTurner
Mississippi: "Come take a tour, we'll sell you on us!"
HolyGrailReference
Hey now. The good state of Florida is nothing to fear.
johneventually1
It wasn't until the pandemic started.
Stuffsalotamuff
Florida man has been a thing for a very long time.
johneventually1
Yes but that's not enough to keep me away from an entire state. I would have just avoided alligators and meth heads
tumantorak
Just vote DeSantis out and I’ll reconsider.
MercerSkye
Trying, friend, we're trying
Closeenoughforthis
The state itself, no. The contents of the state, yes.
SaveitforQueenDoppelpoppolus
i mean yeah there are alligators and half the state just died of covid, but hey, maybe the alligators will die of covid!
indrindri
The alligators scare me far less than the regressive views of many of the voters
tumantorak
An elegant solution.
Holyfuckwhatsagoodusername
As a resident Floridian... yeah fuck this state, fuck DeSantis, I'm trying to leave before it becomes more Texas like.
Leblonde
Fuck Florida!
Anarchduke
I hate to tell you this, but you are already worse than Texas
MetalPsychologist
Just remember that we’re purple and the coastal hillbillies are incredibly loud. Florida is mostly awesome and DeathSantis is on his way out
Holyfuckwhatsagoodusername
We were purple. The gop courts are gerrymandering and adding extra districts to ensure that stops. Deathsantis I hope is gone but some?him.
GrahamCanyon
I don't know if you can really call Florida purple anymore. The votes are always close, but it never fails to swing red in the end.
Irodeshinyandchrome
There's too much hillbilly here, all the blue is gerrymandered and naturally in everywhere populated. You'll find sane minds but not spread.
DangerousNoodle
I’m trying to move to Cananda, but need to finish my education first.
Holyfuckwhatsagoodusername
Good luck, I believe in ya! I just had an interview yesterday for a position in Washington, fingers crossed!
DangerousNoodle
Good luck! Let me know if you get it! I’m so excited for you and I don’t even know you!
Holyfuckwhatsagoodusername
Dude/dudette, honestly thank you so much. Fingers crised. Hopefully I find out Monday, will let you know!
JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
huh, so you're telling me the people who constantly scream "cancel culture snowflakes" are being cancel culture snowflakes. shocked.
adognamedpumpkin
Next they’re going to say the Democrats are a bunch of pedophiles.
SweatyNoah
Haven’t they been saying that for years?
onerousempire
ligmabolz
They'd better put the bible at the top of the list , because that shit was whack
Canofminus
Yeah, but they don’t know that because they never actually read it
ligmabolz
This
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
And any math textbook. Those made me feel so much discomfort.
aNamelessCreature
Double standards aren't a flaw to these people. They're the goal. That's the cornerstone of supremacy
EverNotRelevant
TheSwedishMoose
EverNotRelevant
Here, have the all-purpose too.
TheSwedishMoose
ihacker2k
Cthulhuchooseyou
IS THAT DOLORES UMBRIDGE ON THE RIGHT?!?!?!
JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
well dammit, it is now lol
playingdead2022
Fahrenheit 457 anybody
mikeatike
Is thst the sixth sequel to Fahrenheit 451?
MajorasTerribleFate
The Deathly Hell Ows
mikeatike
Hell Ows, how are you?
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
Yeah, what happened to "school isn't supposed to be a safe space, you're supposed to have your beliefs challenged" etc.? Of course when ...
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
they say this, what they mean is "you're supposed to let us challenge your very right to exist."
channelranger
"We meant we wanted to call trans people slurs and debate your humanity, not that we might learn something uncomfortable!"
PDXATX
I think they want parents to be made aware of potentially controversial literature not necessarily remove it
JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
Giving them the benefit of the doubt. havent learned yet i see. All they want to do is get parent angry at content the republicans dont like
itsmy1stsmokebreak
One result of the bill is that Texas teachers are being told to teach opposing views of the Holocaust; just something to think about.
itsmy1stsmokebreak
And when I say opposing views I mean opposing the current views... That's it's bad.
SarcasticComment
It's not "controversial" when only one political ideology wants it banned. This isn't a unilateral controversy.
SarcasticComment
Add yet another self appointed conservative morality committee to the pages of history. We've been here before.
SarcasticComment
Or don't... the conservatives want to edit history to place themselves in a positive light.
PDXATX
I mean is something not controversial when half the people think something is good and the other half think it’s bad?
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
How nice, the fuck your feelings people want to burn books because they hurt their feels. Who Did Nazi That Coming?
Shwayzie
This is a quality comment. On so many levels. Well done!
paintingagency
Never forget that the famous photo of Nazis burning books... was of Nazis specifically burning LGBTQ books.
Rovylern
patio195442
Someone down voted this comment...? SMDH
Tom40
It hurt their feelings.
Fedotia
I bet he'll claim his support for autodafes was misreported by "lugenpress"
MouseBalls
I came here to say the same thing. They were all big against snowflakes like LGBT students wanting safe spaces away from hatred, yet they 1/
MouseBalls
2/ can't even handle a book that may make them feel uncomfortable to learn about the attrocities they're all so proud of?
TinyAngryDog
Right, it's not like they're gonna read a book anyway.
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
Cause they want to believe the native americans saw the white man and said "These are people blessed by god, let us give them all of
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
our land", instead of dealing with the reality of forced migrations, biological warfare, constantly breaking promises and deals, mass
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
murder, rape, etc etc.