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Newly elected school board president sworn in on stack of banned books (www.dailykos.com)

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Pennsylvania’s Central Bucks School District was one of the places where Moms for Liberty lost big in the 2023 elections, with a right-wing school board majority swept out and replaced with Democrats. On Monday night, Karen Smith—who had been serving on the board in the Democratic minority prior to this election—was sworn in as the school board president, part of the wave of change from the anti-LGBTQ+, pro-book-banning board voted out in November. She made a powerful symbolic choice when it came to what book she’d be sworn in on: not the Bible or another religious book, but a stack of frequently banned books.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

On one hand I'm glad the fascism is on full display now instead of hiding behind semi-acceptable words and actions. On the other and I'm surprised and fearful for those participating are either lacking the self awareness or fully embrace the evil they're perpetrating on others.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe both. Probably skewed towards the latter but they see themselves as morally justified and not evil. Despite the irony of a "Moms for Liberty" shtick being banning books, the antithesis of liberty.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I could reply with "how can they not see how their actions are paralleled in the worst of human history?", but then the irony arrives they're not so big on reading books that would contain that history lesson.