Armed activists show up to library and demand they ban books

CNN’s Nick Watt is in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, where locals are pushing back against activists trying to get more than 400 books banned from the library - books that the library doesn’t even have. #CNN #News

[@createdsoicancomment2833]

If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books, you're afraid of thinking.

[@terrygoyan3022]

Excellent point.

[@Zero-0-Cypher]

As most religious nitwitts are... They can't learn anything that contradicts thier superstitions, they don't want to hear it at all, and don't want anyone else to learn anything new either. You must believe what they do or else. Religion needs to be phased out, it stagnates the species.

[@chiemekanwaogwugwu9995]

@wokeness is a sickness that's not what @Created meant! As a parent, I'm also concerned about what books my kids read, but I also teach them to be open-minded about issues and I also ask them to come to me with an issue they don't understand. Parents should be involved in their kids' upbringing, but going and threatening a library for having certain books that you don't like is totally uncalled for. If you have proof that those books are present in the library, simply tell your kids that you don't want them reading them, but don't attack the entire library because the fact that you don't like them doesn't mean that everyone thinks the way you do (if you think at all, that is).

[@maurbon5234]

@wokeness is a sickness get a life bro you be typing like crazy

[@Faroesx]

@wokeness is a sickness those such books don’t exist.

[@ThePixel1983]

As a German I can say it's never a good sign when a group starts banning books while praising the old ways where women remained in the kitchen...

[@jonathanseitz6109]

They also swear allegiance to their flag in school 🤨

[@jamessmith-pf5zf]

History doesn't lie does it, bro?

[@jacobgarcia4188]

Everyone is afraid of having gay children. It's the worst thing imaginable for many parents who don't see their kids as individuals but as an object meant to preserve their legacy for selfish reasons.

[@paddyholly2184]

@@jacobgarcia4188 Hopefully these children will turn in their Nazi MAGA Cult parents.

[@mcdjinn6975]

Kinder, kirke, kuchen

[@nicstroud]

Imagine living in a country where people bring guns to a library meeting. A fucking library meeting! Only in America. Insane. These people are truly insane. If you feel the need to take a gun to a library meeting, you have already lost the argument or never had one to start with.

[@grant1430]

Yeab bro im pro gun but threatening librarians with guns because they have books you want destroyed seems like full blown terrorism. Hopefully they throw these idiots in guantanamo.

[@JH-nj8up]

Thank Donald Trump

[@RLucas3000]

I swear in the old days all these people who believe in lizard people would have been put in insane asylums

[@davispatricks5453]

Did you notice the sign that read "Love God, guns, family"? It says a lot about a group of people who would prioritize love of an inanimate object (design for killing) above their own family.

[@matt3024]

@@davispatricks5453 Obviously all mental midgets!😃

[@zoeygirl]

What's sad is that these people are probably the ones that would alienate and reject their own child if that child came out to them!

[@Floyd686]

@Chet Senior Most of them prefer anal, too.

[@sailincat2822]

If their kid showed any signs of deviation from the parents distorted conception of straight and normal, they'd ask their cult leader to perform an exorcism.

[@59markr]

When books are seen as more dangerous than guns you know you’re heading into darkness.

[@thunderpooch]

books are dangerous. the Bible brainwashed these fools.

[@Delaneybob]

Maaaan, you got that right..

[@fadiaz1969]

Scary times my friends. Almost sounds like 1930’s nazi Germany.

[@mikebronicki8264]

@wokeness is a sickness the only other time in history that there was talk of a "national redoubt" was in Germany at the end of WW2.

[@aquariusmoon771]

Excellent point.

[@DoctorTurdmidget]

Imagine being so afraid of books, you think you need a gun to defend yourself from them.

[@sundayhinojosa8114]

If you believe a book can jump out at you and you think you need to shoot it to protect yourselves coo coo coo coo, you should be disarmed and treated for fantastical mental disorders. 🤪

[@CerebralPugilist]

🎯 wtf

[@markokoume9343]

Imagine talking about books and libraries but falling back on the lamest hipster cliche.

[@RJM56]

@@markokoume9343 except some of the people wanting to ban books that weren't in the library turned up with guns.

[@Ardnek_Metalmasha]

Papercuts can really hurt

[@datuminformatics2847]

Imagine being so inadequate you have to bully the local librarian

[@ericc.sabadin4513]

BULLY & INTIMATE THE FASCISTS PLAYBOOK!!!!

[@sirdiealot53]

Imagine trying to “ban” books when every single person has a magic box in their pocket with every book ever written for free.

[@jimmcdonald3801]

they dont think that far ahead

[@docgriffiths]

Right?! This is the most attention I've seen libraries get in years! Who reads hard copies anymore?

[@HOHLfmly]

Many of these people are first generation Smart phone users. Dam that predictive algorithm that only shows them what they want to see! They can’t see the truth still!! And they are not the type to search for the truth.

[@docgriffiths]

@@MacchiatoSwirlGirl 💯 agree

[@Bierdaddy1]

Shhhh, you’ll spark some actual thinkers in their cult.

[@ginac7235]

News flash: The “sexual deviants” are in the churches not the libraries.

[@jjj1951]

Prove it John

[@ptme2420]

So true

[@lisaavin2574]

Agreed. They're also Doctors, Lawyers, Judges, and every other type of person you can think of. They're your neighbor, your best friend and maybe even someone in your family. Sexual deviance knows no boundaries. So just stay vigilant and take care of your family.

[@ninagrace-lee8323]

LITERALLY

[@donnapido3824]

Amen!

[@maggiehogland1891]

My mother was a librarian for 28 years and she suffered sh*t like this in the 80s. I stand with librarians!

[@luceromanjarrez349]

Wow that’s insane

[@luke_skywanker7643]

Oh, hell yeah! Maybe we should go to the libraries and demand they remove all those religious books. Naa, these people are too stupid to get the point anyway. Just be ready for when they act up and prosecute the survivors to the fullest extent of the law.

[@maggiehogland1891]

@@luceromanjarrez349 - in Oregon no less. And it was religious people who came after the library to bane books

[@dawnoleary4907]

Good for you and your mom

[@furiousapplesack]

@@maggiehogland1891 Makes sense. In Oregon in the 80's, Neonatsies and militia-types were pushed out of the cities by groups like SHARP (Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice), so they worked their way into the rural areas outside of the cities, unfortunately. The neonatsy/militias always had a "Christian" bent to them. Seems like that was enough to help them blend into the rural areas without the level of pushback they got in cities.

[@grimki11er]

What fascinates me every time is that these people will fight tooth and nails to keep their liberties and freedom but are first to want to remove the liberties of others. As my parents thought my brother and I, if its good for one its good for everyone. Bunch of hypocrites.

[@friendo1527]

The irony of those who can barely read wanting to ban books, is palpable.

[@ministryoftruth8523]

Yup! And laughable.

[@dkpqzm]

"They show up with guns on their hips and Bible tracts in their hands" This tells me everything I need to know. It's called FASCISM.

[@thunderpooch]

it's called Wall St and corporate America using religious fundamentalism to divide and conquer the country so they can still afford yachts and 10 mansions amongst their board members. America is a financial racket first and foremost. and the elites love fueling and manipulating morons, especially the duty bound religious retards. what results is idiots who think they're voting for cultural issues. what they end up getting is tax cuts for billionaires. did I mention, America is an immoral dump worthy of carpet bombing? this is the result of letting, "screw over your own neighbor capitalism" to run amok. when the only value and national ethos is self enrichment, don't ever be surprised when fascist and religious lunatics start popping up.

[@TheMangoman72]

It's called colonialism...less we forget

[@mencken8]

Putting a label on it won’t make it disappear.

[@jason3016]

The only thing I saw related to fascism was our president of the United States standing behind Nazi red colors attacking half of the country as threats to democracy and describing this as a presidential address if you look up the movie poster to devil advocate it was a spot on copy of Biden's speech

[@sisuguillam5109]

@@mencken8 no one claimed it did.

[@TheWoodstockWarrior]

"Liberty Loving"? Then why the hell are they trying to ban books?

[@alsalasjr2020]

Same reason people try to cancel others. They can't take anyone else having a different view than theirs. These type of people do a lot of screaming but have no facts to back their anger. Best to either ignore, or like I prefer to do, laugh at them to piss them off more.

[@yarbobyarbob8990]

Liberty for me not for thee

[@davidserlin8097]

They like to use words like liberty and freedom but they are not interested in what those words means.

[@TheHypnotstCollector]

Because the books are sexually perverse and available to young children.

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

@@davidserlin8097 They are quite similar to many of you guys as well, both claim to care about freedom and liberty only when it's convenient.

[@whitneyfluttershyelizabeth]

Thank you for highlighting this, as a librarian. These people are insane and have such patriarchal beliefs. It is not your place to be my parent or someone else’s kid’s parents.

[@kokokyoushi]

The woman checking out books to see if they "should be banned," is taking it upon herself to decide whether or not you and I should be able to read them. Who the heck are these people? Who do they think they are?

[@ericc.sabadin4513]

The "FREEDOM PARTY"...LMAO!!!

[@gentx2160]

You need to act. Or Idaho will end up like California!☺

[@Bierdaddy1]

Religiously misguided, politically manipulated zealots.

[@hgbugalou]

Banning books is asinine. If you don't want your kids reading certain books, you need to handle that between you and your kids. It's called parenting.

[@10nishobby75]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 well said!!

[@scotwilburn]

@@EDUARDO-bj9wf donald is Cursed ,,bad things will happen to him ,,watch :)

[@jpi28602]

Exactly! No sane parent would send their children to a government-funded school.

[@hansoncogen7772]

They don't read.

[@seymourbutts4654]

Big brother big government conservatism is on the march.

[@meangene98]

You have to have a pretty empty, twisted life to devote your time to harassing librarians over a few books. Especially when literally anything is available to their kids 24/7 on the internet.

[@AngelaShawWestoven]

Exactly. This is how uneducated they are.

[@clintrovertqueen2624]

You took the words out of my mouth and I can’t say anything else anymore better😏.

[@jimjeff9669]

You ain’t kidding! They can also buy all kinds of illicit drugs on street corners, so they may as well sell them in grocery stores! Heck, give them out at school - they’re going to do drugs anyway!

[@MarkyMark2177]

@@AngelaShawWestoven They’re not uneducated, they don’t want gender politics pushed on their kids at an in appropriate age

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@MarkyMark2177 Read the top post, dummy

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

The types of people who go to such extremes are massive hypocrites and are always deflecting away from themselves. Whatever it is they're afraid of, I'd bet anything that it's something that's deep down within themselves.

[@5150cappie]

They seem to like spending a lot of time in gay people’s bedrooms. Kind of creepy but strangely stimulating and curious.

[@TastemyAtrocity]

This is truly frightening. I wish people would support their local libraries more. It’s a wonderful resource that can be taken away so easily by people who have never cracked a book in their lives.

[@paperpersona1243]

"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."

[@craigkdillon]

....with guns. Very scary, actually.

[@ariyamisthegod7444]

@wokeness is a sickness Jan. 6th?

[@dangerousfables]

@wokeness is a sickness Did BLM threaten libraries? I don’t remember that.

[@dangerousfables]

@wokeness is a sickness Did they? I don’t think BLM burnt down any libraries. Strange you felt the need to lie. I suppose lying is all you’ve got when your viewpoint is based in idiocy.

[@1969Makaveli]

That`s why people need to be armed just in case these far right radical fascist conservatives start they shit. Protect you & your family by any means necessary.

[@dr.victorvs]

As a neuropsychologist specialized in psychological evaluation, I say that every single person who showed up armed to protest books on a library needs to have their guns seized and be banned from owning guns again for at least 5 years. And even then, after those 5 years, they'd need to be reassessed, with prejudice.

[@chrisspellman8545]

Absolutely no need to turn up to a library meeting armed except for having the intention to intimidate! And these people claim to be religious lol

[@phaedrussmith1949]

Connect the non-sequiter. How does your status as a neuropsychologist have anything to do with your belief that these peoples' guns should be seized (presumably - from your comment - without due process of law). Are you suggesting that them showing up with guns (which they probably carry everywhere) is by itself sufficient evidence of a pathology for such a measure?

[@raygover7458]

@@phaedrussmith1949 threating with a weapon is a serious crime.

[@daveetcetera7952]

How about evaluating them for paranoia? Whenever a progressive is in office, so-called law-abiding gun owners add more guns and ammo to their arsenal. You can blame the NRA or white nationalists for manipulating them, call it mass paranoia, but it's still crazy.

[@phaedrussmith1949]

@@raygover7458 The story doesn't say they threatened anyone with a weapon and you know it.

[@sekispeaks9327]

This is why I left Idaho. I'd lived there all my life and loved it. My whole family is there, parents and grandparents and nieces and nephews. But once I realized I was queer, I knew it wouldn't be safe there for me anymore. It breaks my heart that people choose to nurture so much hate and fear inside themselves.

[@ryninabin3518]

I left Idaho too in 2020 due to being transgender. It was just too dangerous for me and my family.

[@SloppySyntax]

“Those who burn books will in the end burn people” -Heinrich Heine

[@TIZNYC]

I must have missed the part where people are being forced to check out these books.

[@adeleennis2255]

Crazy, isn’t it? They hate something that not one of them has probably read. Yet, I bet they’ve never fully read the book that their Redoubt pastor is telling them how they know these books are grooming their children either.

[@jeffbaer5851]

It doesn't matter to them. The mere EXISTENCE of ANYTHING which contradicts their worldview means that said worldview is DESTINED to collapse. Which just shows you how insipidly stupid and weak their worldview is.

[@RoseyRosies]

These are the people who believe making your own choices is a crime. Of course they don't understand that people can choose not to do something without being forced.

[@Dakarai_Knight]

The books this Library doesn't even have lol

[@Gerber6209]

Good point. They can choose not to check them out... Pretty simple...

[@ikant312]

And let’s be real- these people are using “the children” as an excuse to espouse and promote their bigotry.

[@simonwhite8836]

The one that really makes me puke is when these people whose life is built around fear and hatred and xenophobia pretend or even convince themselves they care about trans kids. The only caring they do is caring that they exist, and wishing they didn't. Which the kids do arrange for them too often.

[@candicefrost4561]

Always have always will. Bet they love beating their kids with belts to promote “old school discipline” though. Gotta love “old fashioned Christian values”!

[@henrymanzano2201]

That's ALWAYS the excuse. They don't give two shits about children, except for the sake of numbers to create their White Caliphate (er..."Ethnostate")

[@dasalekhya]

This is EXACTLY SAME as the *ISLAMIC fatwa* against *SALMAN RUSHDIE* & his books ... good job, _MURIKAAA_ !

[@jdogma2003]

I guess they haven’t heard of a thing called the internet where you can see so many things not written in books.

[@mr.doctor-reginaldbernardb2904]

The 'banners' not having the courage of their so-called conviction and not showing up to face cameras at the library board meeting should say all you need to know.

[@Markus_Andrew]

You can't profess to "love liberty" while you're intimidating people with guns and telling them what they can and can't do. That's not being a "patriot" - that's being a hypocrite.

[@michaelskinner896]

That's the irony of these people. They're like undisciplined children who think they can have it both ways. It's tragic really and the sad part is that they're teaching their children this behavior.

[@TheMangoman72]

The Western story-right from the beginning...nothing has changed..smh

[@ladydeerheart1]

That's being a Trumpublican Christian Nationalist Nazi.

[@devious100dd]

The attack on liberty comes from the groomers. Once they have a foot in the door they want to cancel everything that isn’t gay. Also there is a thing call right and wrong. Liberty doesn’t mean you do whatever you want that is lawlessness. There needs to be checks and balances and groomers need to be put in check cause they’re preying on children.

[@michaelillingworth6433]

That sounds like Russia.

[@A._is_for]

Book banners accuse news reporters of silencing them when asked for interviews. How ironic is that?

[@MarkyMark2177]

How crazy is it that CNN and MSNBC told you that Rittenhouse shot 40 black people and you still believe their cherry picked narratives?

[@A._is_for]

@@MarkyMark2177 you drunk? When did they ever say that? trying to discredit using lies and then ignoring facts because they hurt your feelings...how GOP of you. Go look at the latest exchange between Kemp and Abrams to see a clear example of what I mean

[@freeurmind5790]

Zero self awareness, I'm telling ya. Paid agitators is my guess, wouldn't be surprised if they're Putin paid puppets.

[@KatySueWho]

@Just Be did you watch the video? That’s literally what the entire video was about.

[@shawnsg]

@Just Be The video is less than a day old.

[@sargentpayne]

The entitlement of these jerks is unreal

[@alexandradaniele]

It's bad enough that they want to ban books in school libraries, but public libraries are for everyone. How dare people presume to dictate what other people can read? Especially since people who want to ban books at public libraries have never read those books!

[@aaronbono4688]

They claim they are being silenced but when they're asked for an interview they refuse to speak? The only people who are silencing them is themselves.

[@MissJade805]

Exactly, they are complete idiots. This also isn’t about protecting kids from predators, its all about them having control of what we can and can’t do. It amazes me how they actually take the time to show up to peoples houses while being armed. What’s wrong with people?!?!

[@lawlaw295]

Being 'silenced' is a part of their game. Even while they are standing on someone with a gun on him, they will still convince themselves they are acting defensively.

[@davepeesthepool]

Cowards. They know their point of view is untenable and they'd make utter fools of themselves if they ended up getting video recorded.

[@khoury]

@@MissJade805 The same people that complain about the overreach of health protection orders are trying to control what other people can read. If they don’t want their kids reading these books that’s their right but it’s not our job as a society to coddle their kids. They want to shield them from things then they can watch them

[@noneya3635]

They also claim to be patriots but side with neo notsee thinking and tactics. Don’t try to find logic in this crowd dude.

[@csnide6702]

Just imagine showing up to a County Library board meeting ARMED WITH WEAPONS...... What is wrong with these people....?

[@MrDmadness]

They are ameri cants

[@ct5625]

They're religious extremists - terrorists. This is the Christian Taliban. If they successfully ban books they'll be coming after something else next. Women's rights, LGBT+ citizens, black citizens, the disabled... anyone who isn't a straight, white, healthy, "Christian" male will become a target for these extremists.

[@chrisspellman8545]

Jesus would be proud of them🤗😇

[@bb1330]

@@chrisspellman8545 How in the world do you know what a man who has been dead for over two thousand years would be proud of??

[@laupernut]

Nationalist christians Na ci's

[@DorvellTStewart]

Below is an email I sent to Jay Ashcroft, the secretary of state for Missouri about a law he has proposed concerning the restriction of books in Missouri’s libraries, as well as whether or not state/federal funding should be cut for those libraries that carry certain books. “First off… Who, exactly, gets to decide what is and isn’t age appropriate regarding books in our public libraries? Is it down to one person/moral compass/religious belief over another? One political ideology over another? One racial/ethnic background over another? Do more affluent residence of, let’s say, Blue Springs or Lee’s Summit have any right to tell kids who live on Prospect, Paseo, Troost etc. what they are and aren’t allowed to read? What if those children see themselves in a given character or book, But some affluent, suburban soccer mom has decided they can’t read that book because of its language, themes/content, and because her precious, innocent boy or girl might, heaven forbid, be exposed to the lives of others who aren’t as fortunate as they are? Second if you want to monitor what your children read, fine, but you have no right to legislate what other peoples’ children read. Please explain to me how the “Party of Freedom“ can even fathom the idea of restricting book access. regards, Dorvell Stewart, Independence, MO.”

[@terencecee.907]

I worked in a library as a young child it was the best place to learn about every culture and ppl on this planet! Its written knowledge that everyone should learn because its the internet itself. Cult on wide scale of beliefs!

[@StamfordBridge]

And these are the same people so alarmed by “cancel culture.”

[@EnkiduIX]

Every accusation by a conservative reactionary is really just an admission of guilt. Ninety-nine per cent of all abusers are deeply religious.

[@robertstanford1778]

Yup

[@davidgraham8058]

@@EnkiduIX nice way to validate cancel culture.

[@inconvenientfacts58]

Conservatives love to project. Everything they say or claim is the exact opposite. The very nature of conservatives is to cancel everything, not for progress, not for values, certainly not for freedom. They cancel to maintain their status quo. Not to mention they are plagiarists - they simply copy and repeat whatever the Dems say about them. When they say they are "true patriots", they are not. When they say they are "Christians" they are not. When they say they are the party of "family values" and "law and order" they are not. When they say that pornography is bad, they give a free pass to rapists, pedophiles and manchilds who had affairs and grabbed women.

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

@@EnkiduIX You making up a statistic automatically let's other's know you're not worth listening to.

[@gusposey8218]

Imagine being so cowardly as to be afraid of a book.

[@MarkyMark2177]

Parents don’t want their K-5th graders having sexual material pushed on them for political purposes. I can’t believe people actually still buy into CNN’s cherry picked narrative 🙄. We don’t want GROOMERS, period

[@sandburgmartin7947]

All MAGAd up. Take a morality lesson from 45, that example of the sanctity of marriage.

[@davidgraham8058]

@@sandburgmartin7947 Actually, most of the call for book banning comes from the left. The most banned authors in America are Steinbeck, Twain, Harper Lee and JK Rowling.

[@clmhK5]

We know it's not that simple. If it were, neither side would care whether books are banned or not

[@adam6072]

They are more afraid of getting left behind in a less white future.

[@truthhurts5158]

why are these people, not arrested and put in jail

[@christopherbrown9279]

Bunch of cowards attacking a library smh

[@anonimas9301]

As a librarian, if you don’t like a book, then DONT READ IT! If you don’t want your kids to read a specific book then don’t check it out, parents should have a say on what their children, watch, listen and read but do not take the option for others to read a particular book just because it offends the few.

[@zammmerjammer]

They can't control what their children watch, listen, and read if there is a public library. That's what these Nazis are so mad about.

[@gingw7333]

Accepting your words takes way too much common sense for these zealots.

[@cynthiadavis1538]

They forgot God gives us freewill to do as we wished

[@Cattat2goddess]

Can't fix the stupid & ignorant.. fortunately Karma is only a bitch if you are, ain't no running from Karma. 🙈🙉🙊

[@signalfire6]

Given their worries about sexually charged material, the BIBLE should be banned.

[@mattmelis762]

Banning books is a symptom of a fragile and stagnant society, not a strong and thriving one. Love the "read-in."

[@SamAhad-qx2nn]

I so confused, would the real God stand up because Republicans Devils has lots of gods! Thanks to Christianity ✝️ and what a mockery their children will be???????! I am waiting for the next generation and to add fuel ⛽️ to the fire 🔥 we have shortage of teacher that because of history, so which means no history lessons in classroom, no Biblical stories or simple No teachings of the bible! 😂🤣🤣🤣 USA 🇨🇳, USA 🇷🇺, USA 🇦🇫, dumb kids around amen!

[@marklasky3555]

Fascist left changes language

[@jcee2259]

Agree. I'd volunteer to guard my nearest municipal library from any mob of book ban bigots.

[@randal_gibbons]

That's what this country does under any kind of republican leadership. It stagnates, at best.

[@tomsitzman3952]

Fear sales and the new comers bought the belief that books caused people to be gay. SPOILER ALERT. GAYS AND STRAIGHTS HAVE ALWYAS WALKED AMOUNG, THE SMART THE THE LOW IQ HAVE ALWAYS WALK AMOUNG US.. There have always been cults. And cult members just don't see the world as it really is. People who are different than than they causes great fear. in them. There are those among the new comers pushing fear who will take that fear and turn it into a business opportunity. Beware of the man selling the purple KolAid .

[@L.Fenton]

These "activists" "are afraid that people now have the opportunity to understand that not everyone is like them. Different people go through different experiences every single day in this country. And maybe learning about them might create a little more empathy towards those individuals to learn about oppression, to learn about the basic everyday bigotry that these groups of people face.

[@kylecook7187]

'Who was Fredrick Douglas' you have got to be fucking kidding me dude. How dare we have books about a historic figure.

[@jantyszka1036]

“Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn human beings too.” An oldie, but goldie.

[@bendover5461]

- Heinrich Heine

[@candicefrost4561]

They literally have. But the pedophiles they supposedly hate will lead the March to burn outcasts and then take power as their pastors

[@marywalters9463]

Read "Farenheit 451."

[@dennislee8930]

I mean, to these people, anyone who isn’t white or heteronormative ain’t a person

[@louise9973]

They burnt books last year.

[@ClassicalKaren]

Why waste so much time fighting books that aren't even at your library? How about trying this hard to help your neighbors in poverty instead?

[@lapislazarus8899]

That would be the Christian thing to do! But they're "Christian" in words only, not in action. What they're doing.... That's what Jesus would NOT do! Maybe that's the question they should be asking themselves... Instead of "WWJD?" they should ask "WWJND?" and then NOT DO THOSE THINGS! I really don't think Jesus would take a grenade launcher to a library!

[@nankerphelge3771]

Great idea ClassicalKaren. But acting in a truly Christain manner won't show everyone how morally superior these folks believe themselves to be.

[@Dagian_Jade]

I'm sure they spend the rest of their time on good Christian causes, like getting "Roe vs. Wade" overturned-- 'cause saving the fetuses is more important than actually doing anything to save the abused, neglected, unwanted, or starving kids who already exist in their own backyard. Of course, they're only interested in saving the white, Christian, straight babies anyway. All the rest are destined to Hell, so why bother, right?? 😒😒😒

[@Theomite]

Unfortunately that one guy pointed it out: the books aren't there YET, but they might be one day.

[@mikearchibald744]

@@Theomite I'd buy them and donate them today if I thought they could get insured.

[@DarthChungus-xl9jj]

This is really depressing

[@gordgasperski1514]

This should have been put down with extreme prejudice.

[@Dvco33333]

"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it." -------George Orwell

[@Chulitatr]

I've seen more sexual perverts in churches posing as fake pastors, than in a library!

[@Dvco33333]

@Truth Exposedo If I put together an 8 min video of the Orange Orangutan and his criminal idiosyncrasies since 2015 I'm sure it would explain why Biden was elected and why 67 Republican and Democratic judges agreed he won.

[@jacobwatson3781]

Well, this is why the founders were so admit of keep religion out of government. Problem is the Republicans thought they could just keep taking crazy far right money and pander to them enough to keep getting funds. Issue is they didn't realize someone like trump could make the crazy religious right feel confident to come out in the open Now Republicans can't control them.

[@eby2257]

Quess that's why Demonrats hate Conservatives so much. Demonrats hate the truth.

[@USA92]

The American education. Next..

[@kytastrophe-]

How come we never see these people going after the churches for their crimes against children? 🧐

[@mtaylor7307]

Because child sexual abuse also happens in Christian Nationalist families.

[@maclectic]

You don't think these are the same people that would try to drive a church flying a rainbow flag banner out of the community?

[@henrymanzano2201]

Because THEY ARE ACCOMPLICES IN THE CHURCHES' CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. It's no coincidence how many of these cults/sects/whatever build their core around males (or one male) to do with women and girls as they please, because THEY THEMSELVES ARE PEDOPHILES AT THEIR CORE.

[@KennethStone]

I just for the life of me cannot understand people like this. I just do not understand how they are just so WRONG... Just, why?

[@bizzmoneyb]

wow.. nobody would SHOW THEMSELVES on camera?!! they are BIG and TOUGH to Librarians.. but when people ask "why are you a psycho?" they arent brave enough to answer!! this is now "being a Conservative." telling others WHAT TO DO!

[@therealjetlag]

Wait, the woman who wants to ban these books is accusing people of……trying to silence her?

[@outtadarkness1970]

Irony is lost on these people.

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.

[@georgemartinez7861]

She is a crazy demon!

[@karamiddleton2920]

While refusing to speak to the same media she says ignores her!

[@javaman7199]

"There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses." Ezekiel 23:20 Are they going to ban the bible next?

[@ianreed9571]

"The secret to freedom is in educating the people, whereas the secret to tyranny is keeping them ignorant." Robespierre

[@nhungngo6103]

I’m afraid to live in there 😱🤭🫣

[@seymourbutts4654]

How do you educate a person who doesn't want/like their worldview challenged ?

[@davidgraham8058]

Everyone of every political persuasion in America is ignorant.

[@Viral_Monkey816]

Teach crocodile learn about God is so hard Unbelievable happens

[@evandegenfelder4554]

I'm reminded of the thing *trump* said (paraphrasing): I love the uneducated.

[@jamesoldham9995]

I'm guessing this is the first time any of these people have been near a library.

[@brandym.williams7314]

They need to be in Jail.

[@josephinenilsson1541]

This is absolutely sick. It is so heart wrenching to see America being attacked from within like this.

[@zazasnruntz7505]

From within? Whytes have been intimidating people like this for over 200 years

[@LoriCurl]

@@zazasnruntz7505 I do not know a single person who has done that. You'd be better served if you remember and forgive.

[@jamie7664]

This has been going on since forever. The uneducated are intimidated and feel threatened by knowledge, thus they attack it. A Conservative pinhead can only learn so much before they feel their world is collapsing.

[@easymoneysniper9013]

​@@LoriCurl I don't know a single murderer I guess murder is a myth

[@coltondunham695]

@ Zazasnruntz Racist

[@ml.2770]

The people freaking out have never taken their kids to the library.

[@joebloe1401]

THE TRUTH IS WE GOT TOO MANY GAY PERVS AND BLACK LIVES MATTER FREEKS RUNNING AROUND LOOSE!!!!

[@Jack0fAllTrades]

Totally agree

[@jimperkins6073]

So what?

[@junejunejuniejune]

Nor have they read these books they claim to be evil.

[@TheBrothergreen]

@Just Be I don't know which is dumber. Thinking that there are drag queens in the library, or caring that there are drag queens in the library.

[@justscribeyourthought9855]

It's so pleasing. The setuping and mastering softs amazing.

[@sueyoung2115]

Each and every one should be in front of the court tomorrow. Violation of the right to free speech.

[@shirleycampbell1026]

Who gave these individuals the right to be the "moral police."

[@anthonyalles1833]

God, apparently!

[@pakeshde7518]

the guns they pointed at you screaming * do what we say or else*.

[@chriscubbernuss3288]

Their imaginary friend.

[@Jaycosgrove91]

Religion

[@jjbud3124]

@@anthonyalles1833 Except that the Bible tells them to do no such thing. That's the irony and the hypocrisy.

[@danterobles4819]

Honestly this is an insult to the men and women who sacrifice their well-being to protect our liberty and freedom of speech but the people they're defending don't believe and practice these ideals.

[@joebloe1401]

IT IS OK TO BURN GAY BOOKS!!!!

[@daMillenialTrucker]

They're innocent little kids, I don't get why people dont understand, leave👏the👏kids👏alone👏 LEAVE THEM ALONE.

[@danieltriplett3616]

@@daMillenialTrucker what kids are u talking about ? Because your children are the only ones you have the right to speak of , who are you or anyone else to speak on how other s raise their children.

[@daMillenialTrucker]

@@danieltriplett3616 why in the hell do you think these books are banned from that library? In public spaces things should be neutral, if you wanna teach your kids on how to be gender queer then DO IT IN YOUR OWN HOME.

[@danieltriplett3616]

@@daMillenialTrucker who are you to decide what I or anyone else teaches their kids ? If it's a public service then all the public should be included, if you don't want your children to read about a specific subject then it should be up to you to tell them not to , otherwise known as parenting

[@MommaMolly]

Why isn’t anyone pressing charges

[@patriciaariley5810]

Arrest people who where showing up to attack the library.

[@maggiemaloney8599]

These people are absolutely crazy, and they aren't going away. Good people everywhere, no matter their political party, must make it clear that they will not hold their communities hostage.

[@joebloe1401]

THE TRUTH IS WE GOT TOO MANY GAY PERVS AND BLACK LIVES MATTER FREEKS RUNNING AROUND LOOSE!!!!

[@declaredjeans7555]

They're religious, what do you expect?

[@DumbAssSpeakingWithMansVoice]

should the library have Hustler Mag or you a banner? Of course there has to be standards, dum dum

[@petecartwright5211]

You're being chased on CNN by pornographers. Every post you make on this CNN blog will be followed by a porn ad just like above. KZbin settings allow you to report this and remove the ad immediately, but it can pop right back up because the pornos are hovering on CNN blog boards with your name/handle attached. I virtually quit commenting on CNN blogs because of it. Posting on a dif blog (news agency) and it goes away.

[@kegsofvomitspit]

@@DumbAssSpeakingWithMansVoice: At least you tried to make a point.

[@Gsoup83]

Did she say the books werent even the library? These people are a threat to this democracy.

[@wgooetrik]

Its been that way for a long time. I grew up over there, they have lots of meth and white hoods

[@robertstanford1778]

This is exactly what Biden was talking about last night. VOTE BLUE up and down ballot.

[@MM-wj9kw]

@@robertstanford1778 Most correct though I’d vote for any whom shows integrity to put forth their oaths of office before self interest regardless if they have a D or an R in front of their name…sadly at this point I see very few Rs willing to do that . The few that have are being purged from the party.

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

Banning books is only a problem when the right does it I guess. When those on the left banned Dr. Seuss books, burned copies of Harry Potter novels in bonfires and denounced classic children's literature like "Little House on the Prarie" and "Mary Poppins" as racist that didn't bother you.

[@1O1O11]

The books were never in the library. Critical race theory was never taught to students younger than college. There were no trans people bothering anyone in bathrooms. They just make us issues to get mad about. It is a culture war, not an actual legal battle over something in reality.

[@skwashua]

Nobody is going to the library to check out a “pornographic” book. They have a computer in their pocket for that.

[@Paraselene_Tao]

Yes, this is true.

[@iamgod3411]

So when the activists showed up and found zero of the 400 books, why didn't they just go back home with peace of mind?

[@billderinbaja3883]

This makes me sick to my stomach. America used to pride herself on NOT banning books. Gilead is upon us, theocracy at the gates.

[@joebloe1401]

NOW WE GOT GAYS AND BLACK LIVES MATTER FREEKS RUNNING AROUND THE PLACE. HAVE YOU TRIE SOME PEPTO BIZMAL FOR YUR TUMMY?

[@uthinkiamhot]

Here in idaho and Utah it has been a theocracy for a while. The party in power calls the opposition evil sinners.

[@MrDmadness]

True but tbh America has always been a ignorant terrorist country since its foundation.. ask crazy horse

[@jackl4laughs]

South Carolina had book burnings earlier this year at libraries, I did nazi that coming...

[@busterbrown446]

Before they hang my ass on the wall, I'll take out as many of them as I can. They don't believe in democracy, they want theocracy. Fuck that shit

[@Reitz86]

I believe the term for this group is “Fascist”, 1930’s Germany

[@MarkyMark2177]

The Nazis cancelled people and took away their guns, just like the democrat party. Do your research groomer

[@michaelillingworth6433]

I've just said something similar

[@davidsebastianelli1326]

My best friend is probably going to move to Idaho, he said the time is an hour difference from his home in Ventura. I told him it's more like 100 years.

[@user-mr7qg2xf3x]

OMG. this is ridiculous

[@lexruptor]

These people are so ignorant, we need to fund our education system more, not ban books

[@kathi3014]

Maybe not ignorant but brain washed.

[@heronpage3883]

No, the 1st thing we need to do is take away tax exempt status for all churches. This is where a lot of this crap begins. The megachurches and evangelicals. They fly around in their fucking private jets and live in 20 million dollar mansions. And they take money from these suckers every 5 seconds. They have them go to these events that are like mass brainwashing ceremonies. Literally no different than what used to happen with moonies . Anybody remember the reverend moon? Huge cult leader. This still goes on only it's mostly white men and women waving their Bible think they're Bible and screeching screeching that the end times are near unless you send me 5 bucks. They know that only people who are desperate and have nothing else in their lives would actually come in to church and sit there for 2 hours and listen to such crap. That's how they know they are easy marks.

[@lockwoodpeckinpaugh9252]

Some people aren't worth saving them from themselves.

[@MarkyMark2177]

They want to ban books that talk about sex for underage children. You’re a sheep if you believe CNN’s cherry picked narrative

[@carlos-dt6ni]

Remember this phrase: When fascism comes to America, it will be cloaked in the American flag, carrying a Bible."

[@henrymanzano2201]

It's BEEN here

[@vaughanpratt6469]

The real tip-off is the promise of national greatness, which we saw a lot of in Italy in the 1920s and Germany in the 1930s.

[@blitzkrug]

Ironic when many of the books they wanted banned were also banned or heavily censored in Nazi Germany and the USSR

[@jordanalexander8099]

Freedom only for those that agree with their ideas and beliefs.

[@sands7779]

"Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn people too" Heinrich Heine

[@joebloe1401]

THE TRUTH IS WE GOT TOO MANY GAY PERVS AND BLACK LIVES MATTER FREEKS RUNNING AROUND LOOSE!!!!

[@nitroluskincaid]

That Part!! 💯

[@mrballoonpimp]

U fear a book BAN GOD More blood has been spilled in NAME of God than any other name

[@MarkyMark2177]

We don’t want political grooming propaganda pushed on elementary school kids

[@sacrebleu1371]

🎯

[@tfranke6011]

Banning books is the most unpatriotic move anyone could make. To conform to one thought or idea is unAmerican . It is the complete opposite of freedom.

[@profscarlett]

The DeSantis government is banning books and social studies education here in Florida.

[@3baxcb]

In fact, it sounds like cancel culture which is what such individuals claim to be against. Once they start coming to libraries armed with any guns, police should be arresting them and holding them in custody until they face trial.

[@shawnharrison9701]

@@3baxcb for what crime?

[@3baxcb]

@@shawnharrison9701 Uttering threats for starters. Add the firearms in there and there should be additional charges. Why would anyone be wielding high powered weapons around a library except for resorting to threats of violence? Schools, places of worship, clubs and other places have sadly been on the receiving end of gun-toting individuals for years. It's no less tragic and disturbing that someone is threatening a librarian over books and such individuals who are willing to be wielding such weapons so be held to account before they hurt someone or worse.

[@eddieboggs8306]

What if they came to church armed and said the Bible must go? It will lead to that if not stopped. We have 4 great freedoms. Freedom of Assembliy,Freedom of Religion,Freedom From Want and Freedom From Fear. If we uphold the first two then we need ought worry about having the other two. Freedom of speech comes from Freedom of Assembliy. When it comes to books if a person can read they can think for themselves. If they can think independently then they can be free.

[@imperpekto12ify]

I wonder how many people actually know Frederick Douglass. Im so glad theres a book that came out about him that is suitable for younger generation to read.

[@matrixracing8268]

Crazy to see the town I grew up in on CNN, brought back many memories seeing the inside of the library. They definitely need to get the bad books out though.

[@maseak4609]

I’m shocked that these people love to harass others when they are not on camera…but when the meetings are next to law enforcement and on camera, oddly, they are no where to be found.

[@MissJade805]

Exactly, they call themselves “patriots”but in reality their a bunch of low-life cowards.

[@Wildstar40]

Spineless cowards that want the world to be as spineless as them.

[@denisemayosky1955]

Simple. They're 🐓🐔🐣🐤🐥

[@MissJade805]

@@denisemayosky1955 Thanks but right now I’m less interested in the correction of my grammar and much more interested on pointing out the cowardness and how unpatriotic these people are.

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

i'm not shocked. it's their standard mode of operation.

[@never2354]

Imagine living in 2022 and thinking The Library is where your kids are going to be "corrupted"...

[@kevinhiggins8092]

It has been said, that if your worried about books changing peoples thinking? Your not against books, your against thinking.

[@maxhugen]

No wonder that the percentage of people who say they have *"no religious identification"* is slowly but steadily increasing, particularly amongst young people, and well-educated people. To be fair, this is common amongst most developed countries.

[@junglebyte]

"Any book worth banning is a book worth reading." ~ Isaac Asimov

[@taand4725]

Very smart man

[@bobblum5973]

A very well-read man, too! Oh, was it mentioned he's an author as well? (Sorry, I just _had_ to say that... 😁)

[@wiggles7976]

"I'm right and god is on my side". When someone says something like that you know they are nuts.

[@redwood421]

They always forget what they believe "Judgement is mine sayeth the Lord."

[@henrymanzano2201]

Exactly. But they forget that no one cares about them or their colonizer "God"

[@stewart2589]

Real Christians know that God didn't give humansthe right to judge anyone

[@SpinSpin2020]

extreme nuts! they have cornered the market on nut-ism.

[@karahantepe3087]

@@stewart2589 Real Christians know that God didn't give human the right to kill other including the unborn babies. RIP those 20 million unborn babies killed by white supremacists who live in the USA

[@bobtreduis2737]

Ban books... where have I heard that sentiment before. I just can’t quite place it

[@abelincoln4374]

The irony of claiming people are trying to silence you while you are actively pushing for censorship and silencing ideas you don't like.

[@peach495]

The simple fact they refuse to go on recored & be interviewed nor show up at township meetings when it's known cameras will be there. Tells you all you need to know about their true motivations. If you're embarrassed to be seen advocating for a point, you don't really believe it yourself.

[@tenkloosterherman]

They know they are wrong, but are unable to admit it.

[@erickborling1302]

I hope the entire nations realizes that dictators and their supporters really are too dumb to face off against the truth and strong democrats. Case in point Donald Trump. Also Hitler who killed himself rather than be accountable.

[@jimato01]

Same as wearing a white hood.

[@parkpunk2]

Fuck'n A

[@matusala8322]

Many people don’t like talking to the media. You say good or bad it will get twisted one way or another

[@renatocorvaro6924]

How anyone can pull this shit and still view themselves as "good people" is just the definition of cognitive dissonance.

[@ethanearly9245]

trumps cult

[@grant1430]

It's a bunch of derranged people that justify their bs with religion or political beliefs. These people are no different than isis just wave a different flag.

[@xEnder515]

"Good people will do good things and bad people will do bad things but if you want a good person to do bad things, show them religion" -Christopher Hitchens

[@ZBM-jj1xr]

The hypocrisy of saying you're for freedom while trying to ban everything you don't like is astounding. They're for freedom, but only for their own freedom to subjugate everyone that doesn't share their personal religious beliefs. The problem is that that kind of "freedom" leads to that when they're done with everyone who isn't the same religion, they'll start subjugating everyone within their own religion that isn't quite up to snuff until they destroy everyone including themselves.

[@grant1430]

@@ZBM-jj1xr exactly

[@brittanymoore984]

Y’all wanted 400 books banned. Now you don’t have a library. Great job 👏🏾

[@jennifersutton3115]

OMG! This asinine behavior is disgusting‼️Not acceptable‼️

[@jjroy3389]

Keep people ignorant and incapable of making sound decisions.. sounds like grooming to me.

[@oldguysrule5895]

I hear some people like the uneducated

[@darnelljackson2160]

Exactly what liberals want to do by disallowing any thoughts but liberal thoughts.

[@nathanmead9585]

@@oldguysrule5895 Funny how they seemed to take 45s comment as an order, not the insult it was.

[@chrisspellman8545]

Funny how a child particularly boys are maybe more likely to be sexually abused in a religious institutions than anywhere else☹️

[@darnelljackson2160]

@@chrisspellman8545 Exactly. That's what makes the CRT cult being forced on our kids in their own schools so pernicious. leftism (progressivism) is a cult like islam. It needs to be stopped.

[@jrojala]

That these people that (obviously) don’t even visit libraries are actively closing and destroying libraries is the absolute worst part… it’s unconscionable and disgusting.

[@jamesrenfroe4477]

What are they trying to do? Our county mayor is crazy over the library too. Is it a right wing plot to close libraries?

[@arthurneddysmith]

@@jamesrenfroe4477 -It's a right wing plot to control the choices of everyone. They won't admit it, but that's where the chips fall.

[@alifelessrock48]

Fahrenheit 451 is becoming a reality. It isn't so much about politics as they make it out to be. It's more about conforming. Conforming to standards that people want. And also sussy amongus imposter.

[@toadhall5041]

@@alifelessrock48 OH no.They better ban that book- Fahrenheit 451.

[@wendylapeyre9047]

Sounds like Hitler had been resurrected!

[@dr.davidenglish778]

I genuinely free bad for the communities that have to put up with this kind of stuff. Civil discourse is dead and it is groups like these that have killed it.

[@quakers200]

My wife was a school librarian and the closest thing to sexually explicit material that the kids and some teachers, were interested in was the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. I was a farmboy with two older sisters so between open bedroom doors and livestock i knew that Barbie and Ken were not anatomically correct. What century are these book banners living in? Perhaps we need to force pets to wear pants.

[@goldenlordofnightmares]

Can you imagine being so threatened by books that you have to physically threaten libraries? That's some insecurity if I have ever seen it!

[@randysteele6741]

At it's core, it's being threatened by the truth; by reality, which they want nothing to do with.

[@Thomas-gz4ky]

Knuckle draggers no like books.

[@racerx6563]

Exactly! Thank u!

[@dasalekhya]

This is EXACTLY SAME as the *ISLAMIC fatwa* against *SALMAN RUSHDIE* & his books ... good job, _MURIKAAA_ !

[@marybell3013]

And what kids are actually reading books these days? Most are playing video games (many of them violent), or are on their phones or watching TV

[@saaah707]

"...sexual deviants, who will be drawn to our library if inappropriate sexual material is on our library shelves..." This woman's logic just boggles the mind

[@mil5606]

Deviants must have forgotten about the internet.

[@ActuallyHoudini]

Somebody check her hard drive.

[@LowflowShower]

She has no logic and she has no mind.

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

Those types of people are always deflecting. I dread to think what they have on their laptops. Whatever it is they're scared of, it's something within themselves.

[@marywalters9463]

Is that why this woman was drawn to the library, to read this sexual material?

[@topperman4541]

None of them willing to go on camera, not showing up at the meeting, just shows what cowards they are.

[@blutorlz3]

They start with the burning of books