West Virginia House passes bill allowing prosecution of librarians

"Ban books. Jail librarians." - the bad guys in every epoch of history

My wife is a public library administrator. We are in Indiana, not West Virginia, but I could absolutely see the same thing happening here and I'm terrified. Between this, me being Jewish and having a queer daughter, I feel like my whole family is so fucked.

Republicans: The government needs to stop trying to be our babysitter

Also Republicans: this

Just for the record, I voted against every one of those dipshits I could.

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.

Flordia: I'm the shittiest state!

Ohio: No, I'm the shittiest state!

West Virginia: Hold my beer...

A headline from the future:

"The final public library closes its doors today in West Virginia closing one of the remaining few avenues for its population to climb out of poverty."

Also: Coal mines given immunity.

So West Virginia politicians figured that literacy rates are just too damn high and they need to prioritize attacks against information? I mean, WV ain’t in a great place right now and are actively shooting themselves in the foot right before they set out to blame Democrats for the hole they dug themselves.

Like the Bible?

Don't mess with librarians. They look mousey ... but they take their jobs really seriously and will fuck your shit up.

Almost hell, West Virginia, right-wing grifters, hateful ignoramuses

This is one of their favorite tactics. Pass a bill they know is going to rile up the Left. Use taxpayer money to fight the case as long and as slowly as possible, and sap as much money from Democratic campaigns as they can.

Entering the Cool Zone of history, as my nation's state legislators start doing the kind of things that end up as footnotes in the "Decline of The Empire" chapter.

Mein Fuhreer..
Take me hoome..
To the plaace..
We ban boooks..

I remember the assholes last year saying that this was just about elementary school kids.

Every librarian in West Virginia needs to resign in protest.

I didn’t think they had any in West Virginia. Dentists either.

sigh Criminal prosecution when someone gets offended for someone else.

or anything a reasonable person would find lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value

But where can they even find a reasonable person in West Virginia? Sydnee McElroy is pretty busy with being a full-time doctor and science communicator. I'm not sure there are any others.

Knowledge is scary. Those perky folks down at the reference desk need to stop corrupting with fricking ideas. IDEAS!

When does the GOP outlaw literacy?

That's going to help their potholes, poverty and healthcare!

I consider book banning to be obscene. Checkmate fascists!

I am so glad I left that hell hole when I was a kid.

Sorry WVirginians, but you're ass if you like that and you're ass if you, don't because you voted them or you did not even vote. If you voted against those morons, then do something, voice your protest, don't just like some post on the web

I'm sure they'll get to addressing political bribery soon. Right after all the big problems are squared away.

The stupid and corrupt blame those who are not.

Meanwhile in the hillbilly State...