OH NO, "woke" books. We can't have that.
"US library defunded after refusing to censor LGBTQ authors: ‘We will
not ban the books’
Residents of Jamestown, Michigan voted this week to shut down town’s library rather than tolerate certain LGBTQ books"
"The vote leaves the library with funds through the first quarter of
next year. Once a reserve fund is used up, it would be forced to close,
Larry Walton, the library board’s president, told Bridge Michigan – harming not just readers but the community at large. Beyond books,
residents visit the library for its wifi, he said, and it houses the
very room where the vote took place."
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/05/michigan-library-book-bans-lgbtq-authors
For "conservatives" ignorance really is bliss.
TB
On 8/5/2022 7:27 AM, Technobarbarian wrote:
OH NO, "woke" books. We can't have that.
"US library defunded after refusing to censor LGBTQ authors: ‘We will
not ban the books’
Residents of Jamestown, Michigan voted this week to shut down town’s
library rather than tolerate certain LGBTQ books"
"The vote leaves the library with funds through the first quarter of
next year. Once a reserve fund is used up, it would be forced to close,
Larry Walton, the library board’s president, told Bridge Michigan –
harming not just readers but the community at large. Beyond books,
residents visit the library for its wifi, he said, and it houses the
very room where the vote took place."
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/05/michigan-library-book-bans-lgbtq-authors
For "conservatives" ignorance really is bliss.
TB
Retrumplican ostriches.
OH NO, "woke" books. We can't have that.So much for the "old" conservative honor of the right to free speech. Now it's you're free to say anything we agree with.
"US library defunded after refusing to censor LGBTQ authors: ‘We will
not ban the books’
Residents of Jamestown, Michigan voted this week to shut down town’s library rather than tolerate certain LGBTQ books"
"The vote leaves the library with funds through the first quarter of
next year. Once a reserve fund is used up, it would be forced to close, Larry Walton, the library board’s president, told Bridge Michigan – harming not just readers but the community at large. Beyond books,
residents visit the library for its wifi, he said, and it houses the
very room where the vote took place."
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/05/michigan-library-book-bans-lgbtq-authors
For "conservatives" ignorance really is bliss.
TB
On Friday, August 5, 2022 at 7:27:05 AM UTC-7, Technobarbarian
wrote:
OH NO, "woke" books. We can't have that.So much for the "old" conservative honor of the right to free
"US library defunded after refusing to censor LGBTQ authors:
‘We will not ban the books’
Residents of Jamestown, Michigan voted this week to shut down
town’s library rather than tolerate certain LGBTQ books"
"The vote leaves the library with funds through the first quarter
of next year. Once a reserve fund is used up, it would be forced
to close, Larry Walton, the library board’s president, told
Bridge Michigan – harming not just readers but the community at
large. Beyond books, residents visit the library for its wifi, he
said, and it houses the very room where the vote took place."
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/05/michigan-library-book-bans-lgbtq-authors
For "conservatives" ignorance really is bliss.
TB
speech. Now it's you're free to say anything we agree with.
dm_callier wrote:
On Friday, August 5, 2022 at 7:27:05 AM UTC-7, Technobarbarian
wrote:
OH NO, "woke" books. We can't have that.So much for the "old" conservative honor of the right to free
"US library defunded after refusing to censor LGBTQ authors:
‘We will not ban the books’
Residents of Jamestown, Michigan voted this week to shut down
town’s library rather than tolerate certain LGBTQ books"
"The vote leaves the library with funds through the first quarter
of next year. Once a reserve fund is used up, it would be forced
to close, Larry Walton, the library board’s president, told
Bridge Michigan – harming not just readers but the community at
large. Beyond books, residents visit the library for its wifi, he
said, and it houses the very room where the vote took place."
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/05/michigan-library-book-bans-lgbtq-authors
For "conservatives" ignorance really is bliss.
TB
speech. Now it's you're free to say anything we agree with.
Now there's a good example of projection. Or irony. Or something. Fortunately, you guys are the original dumbasses - we just evolved a
little later.
HawHawHaw!
On 8/5/2022 11:35 AM, bfh wrote:
dm_callier wrote:
On Friday, August 5, 2022 at 7:27:05 AM UTC-7, Technobarbarian
wrote:
OH NO, "woke" books. We can't have that.So much for the "old" conservative honor of the right to free
"US library defunded after refusing to censor LGBTQ authors:
‘We will not ban the books’
Residents of Jamestown, Michigan voted this week to shut down
town’s library rather than tolerate certain LGBTQ books" >>>>
"The vote leaves the library with funds through the first quarter
of next year. Once a reserve fund is used up, it would be forced
to close, Larry Walton, the library board’s president, told
Bridge Michigan – harming not just readers but the
community at
large. Beyond books, residents visit the library for its wifi, he
said, and it houses the very room where the vote took place."
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/05/michigan-library-book-bans-lgbtq-authors
For "conservatives" ignorance really is bliss.
TB
speech. Now it's you're free to say anything we agree with.
Now there's a good example of projection. Or irony. Or something.
Fortunately, you guys are the original dumbasses - we just evolved a
little later.
HawHawHaw!
Evolved! HawHawHaw!
U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay the parents of a
6-year-old boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre $45.2 million in punitive damages - on top of $4.1 million in compensatory damages
already awarded - for falsely claiming the shooting was a hoax, a
Texas jury decided on Friday.
Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, separated parents of slain 6-year-old
Jesse Lewis, testified that followers of Jones harassed them and sent
them death threats for years in the false belief that they were lying
about their son's death in the Dec. 14, 2012, shooting that killed 20 children and six staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
The 12 jurors decided on the punitive damages one day after
determining the compensatory damages following a two-week trial in the defamation lawsuit presided over by Judge Maya Guerra Gamble in state
court in the Texas capital of Austin, where Jones' radio show and
far-right webcast Infowars are based.
The parents had sought $145.9 million in punitive damages and $150
million in compensatory damages. Compensatory damages are awarded to
cover a plaintiff's suffering and losses. Punitive damages are awarded
to punish a defendant's actions.
Jones, who has been a prominent figure in American right-wing circles
and a supporter of former President Donald Trump, had called the Sandy
Hook massacre a U.S. government hoax staged using crisis actors to
serve as a pretext for taking away Americans' guns.
"We ask that you send a very, very simple message, and that is: stop
Alex Jones. Stop the monetization of misinformation and lies," Wesley
Todd Ball, a lawyer for the parents, told jurors earlier on Friday
before they began deliberations on punitive damages.
Jones sought to distance himself from the conspiracy theories during
his testimony, apologizing to the parents and acknowledging that Sandy
Hook was "100% real."
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/jury-alex-jones-defamation-case-begin-deliberations-punitive-damages-2022-08-05/
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