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Two members of Moms for Liberty, a right-wing activist group, have reported several Florida school librarians to law enforcement. They claimed they had evidence that librarians were distributing "pornography" to minors and requested that law enforcement officers be dispatched. This represents a serious escalation of the tactics deployed by members of Moms for Liberty against school librarians.

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[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 158 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] oDDmON@lemmy.world 77 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oy! Watch it! You’ll give cunts everywhere a bad name.

[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cunts are soft and warm these bitches are stone cold.

[–] lechatron@lemmy.today 66 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My favorite quote: "I would call you a cunt, but you have neither the warmth nor the depth."

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[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 153 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We should call it in every Sunday when these people are at church reading from that filthy Bible full of porn and incest

[–] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago

When their lil mini travel bible falls out of their bag in the checkout line, just start screeching,

“HEATHEN!!!! SMUT PEDDLING HEATHEN!!!”

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yes but they are usually unintelligent and believe the writing in the book is real, so they think it's okay.

So many of my fellow Americans are actually fucking stupid

[–] psivchaz@reddthat.com 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait so in this model, violence and incest are okay as long as it's real?

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[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 116 points 1 year ago (4 children)

These right wing groups have fundamentally altered my perception of the meaning of the word liberty.

[–] phx@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

Welcome to the club. Used to be happy to see my country's flag, now it usually denotes some wingnut who would burn it down just to spite others. I'm Canadian

[–] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago

"Liberty is when you never have to show basic tolerance towards things you haven't personally approved the existence of"

[–] spider@lemmy.nz 14 points 1 year ago

Same applies to DeSantis and the word "freedom".

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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 111 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Aren't there punishments for false accusations?

[–] Arcane_Trixster@lemm.ee 89 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At the officer's discretion...

[–] Luci@lemmy.ca 53 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Do it enough times and you'll get the officer who cares, and they'll be so annoyed they'll look at past calls.

I've had to deal with a harasser who was also making false calls to the police about me. Most cops suck, but eventually you get one who does their job.

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[–] oDDmON@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

It is Florida after all.

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[–] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 90 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] Defarious@lemmynsfw.com 90 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Right Wing activist" Hate group. Call then what they are. A suburban terroristic hate group.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I prefer “fascists”

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[–] School_Lunch@lemmy.world 83 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

If there was porn in libraries, then you would see a whole lot more teenage boys hanging out there.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

When I was in elementary school, a lot of boys would occasionally get together and try to find dirty words like "fart" in the dictionary.

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[–] totallynotaspy@kbin.social 76 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tapley told Popular Information that Vicki Baggett, an English teacher in Escambia County, has been "helping us." Baggett, who Popular Information interviewed earlier this year, has challenged hundreds of books in public school libraries, including many that have LGBTQ characters or address racism. Baggett told Popular Information that she challenged When Wilma Rudolph Played Basketball — the inspirational story of a Black woman who overcame racial prejudice to become an Olympic champion — because it would make white students "feel uncomfortable" as "they are being white-shamed.”

Like what the actual fuck is with these loons, people like her are why the Germans were forced to observe and cleanup camps after WW2. If it makes you uncomfortable maybe try and learn how not to be a racist, imaginary-friend worshiping fuck.

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[–] Captain_Patchy@lemmy.world 75 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How are these women able to just walk into school libraries in the first place? Is there NO SECURITY in those schools?

[–] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 year ago

They don't need to walk into the school's library in order to file a false police report.

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know how to define pornography, but I know it when I see it. There's none of it in any damn school library.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, there is always the Bible if you want to find some porn and violence smut.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I know it when I see it

I fear that will go over some heads here.

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[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 56 points 1 year ago

When HOA authoritarianism doesn't hit as hard anymore.

[–] FerolisD@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Carlin was right, these fuckin' people are nothing but redundant protoplasm.

[–] oDDmON@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IMO, waste of carbon fits better.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FTA:

"Tapley told Popular Information that any book that has a "sex scene" is pornography and not "appropriate for minors." '

The correct response to that is "I see, I'm sorry you're an idiot, your opinion isn't valid. Shut up and go away."

Why is it the people most likely to yell "pornography!" don't actually seem to have ever seen actual pornography?

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Tapley told Popular Information that any book that has a “sex scene” is pornography and not “appropriate for minors.” ’

Do... do you think she knows the Bible has sex scenes?

https://www.cracked.com/article_16546_the-6-raunchiest-most-depraved-sex-acts-from-bible.html

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do… do you think she knows the Bible has sex scenes?

I think, instead of reading the bible, she goes to church every Sunday and let a man who's committed most of those acts summarise it for her.

[–] pyromaster55@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

80% of self identified Christians in America haven't read the bible cover to cover.

They base their entire identity on a fucking book they haven't even read. They just go listen to some asshole tell them what to think, and say "yup, that's what I'll base my idea of morality on!"

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[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SoylentBlake@lemm.ee 46 points 1 year ago

Klanned Karenhood!

[–] sugarfree@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Calling the police over books in libraries is beyond absurd. These people are insane.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

What? Did they still find Bibles on the shelves or what?

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Given that every accusation is a confession, I think law enforcement needs to be reminded of who the real groomers are here and to go check on them instead.

[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Not only have they infiltrated almost every aspect of the education system in my area, they're holding school administrators hostage. Teachers are afraid of losing their jobs. Everyone is trying to keep their heads down for fear of the Karen brigade lopping it off. Plus, because it's Florida, parents are afraid of their kids saying the wrong thing and getting forcibly removed from their families, including their siblings. These people have a fervor in their eyes that can not be abated. We don't know what to do. Help.

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[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Karens of Loser Party

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 22 points 1 year ago

Liberty

You keep using this word, but I do not think that it means what you think it means...

[–] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Like they've ever read a book.

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[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

I hope to god they get hit with false police report charges.

[–] quindraco@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why wasn't she charged with filing a false report?

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[–] DesertMagma@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

All I had to read was "Florida"

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Bill Hicks was clowning on these idiots 30 years ago and nothing has changed, it’s like we’re stuck in a loop made of stupid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4NyMJHWVHw

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