What in the dystopia is going on in the south? Grief.
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If Southern governments didn't do things like this to their populations this country would look much different. This is why Southern governments want as few white people voting as possible and do everything they can to ensure that. Restricting public services so that only the voting class has access to basic accommodations through private means is another way of keeping oppressed people away from the political process.
Lee Atwater wanted poor whites to vote.
To re-phrase: as few people voting as possible in general, and among these voters as few challenges to established US white supremacy as possible.
Next, libraries. Next, women reading. Next, anyone not in a specified socioeconomic class reading.
Or just books, period.
Jailing Librarians for choosing to be Librarians is called FREEDOM!
I think this is absurd. Libraries are places of knowledge and curiosity. If people aren't thinking critically about what they read, the government shouldn't put the blame on libraries and librarians. They need to be more worried about educating the public by funding schools to teach students through critical thinking instead of memorization. Yes, that'll be harder to achieve, but the change will be transformative.
People not thinking critically is the goal not the problem...
If that's the government's goal and people are are willing to let that happen without a fight, then we may as well give up our free will and just obey as we're told. This is a disgrace imo.
Freedom of association?
Will attempt to criminalize. Until a 1a challenge overturns it.
Genuine question, but is this bill even constitutional? Article says no, but doesn't explain why. Still, a similar bill could easily say that people are not allowed to join any other kind of organization (except presumably a religious one), right?
Louisiana, like all southern states, is garbage. I visited New Orleans once. I wasn’t fond of smelling literal garbage and shit while walking through the French Quarter. I won’t be going back.
So there is no real surprise that the bills they produce in Baton Rouge smell just as bad.