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Burning Books: The latest front in the GOP's war on free speech (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2023 OP
Yeah, this is disgusting and it's in Missouri, my state. How embarrassing and how pathetic. SWBTATTReg Sep 2023 #1
Young students helping teachers pack up classroom libraries are learning about authoritarianism Timeflyer Sep 2023 #2
The best part of this SpamWyzer Sep 2023 #3

SWBTATTReg

(22,226 posts)
1. Yeah, this is disgusting and it's in Missouri, my state. How embarrassing and how pathetic.
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 03:28 PM
Sep 2023

I suppose that they're going to burn any other documents etc. that they don't agree w/ either. One thing for sure, me and my friends aren't going to vote for scumbags like this, and why would we? That the fact that they chose to burn things instead of taking the adult way out etc. tells us a lot about their deeply flawed characters.

Timeflyer

(2,054 posts)
2. Young students helping teachers pack up classroom libraries are learning about authoritarianism
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 04:10 PM
Sep 2023

in real life, and most hate it. I hope they remember, and vote accordingly

 

SpamWyzer

(385 posts)
3. The best part of this
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 04:52 PM
Sep 2023

is when all the banned books get put back on library shelves. It will happen because this type of extremism eats itself. Plus I have a gun (for defense) and don't tolerate literary bonfires.

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