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CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates debated the merits of removing protections for public librarians and school librarians from criminal prosecution in the off chance a minor encounters books and content some consider to be obscene.

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[-] Flumpkin@slrpnk.net 81 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The US is going to need some kind of second reconstruction era and de-nazification once it gets out of this insanity. IF it ever gets out of this tailspin.

[-] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 29 points 2 years ago

My halfway-optimistic view is that fascism is doomed to fail. It's just too stupid not to, and the stupidity is core to the entire movement.

...but the half-way pessimistic part of me has to bring up that they're going to do as much damage as they can on the way down. Hopefully that's kept to a minimum.

[-] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Oh it's doomed to fail of course but a shitton of damage is going to be done, to people, to society, and to world peace.

All because a bunch of angry whiny children want to rule over brown people and women.

And we have to pretend their political opinions are reasonable and normal.

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

Some part of every generation reacts with panic to changing culture, politics, media, etc.

It's also why it's fucking stupid to be conservative, because recorded human history is literally ten thousand years of conservatives panicking about some stupid shit and getting proven wrong.

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