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jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years ago

As Moms for Liberty spreads, so does school turmoil

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As Moms for Liberty spreads, so does school turmoil

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jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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Opposition builds as parents’ group stokes nation’s culture wars.
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  • 0110010001100010@lemmy.world
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    How the fuck have we gotten to the point where pretty much any group with Liberty, Patriot, Freedom, etc in the name is straight-up fascist?

    Furthermore, how the fuck can these groups claim to be pro-freedom while banning books, abortions, trans people, etc?

    WE. ARE. FUCKED.

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      Also anything like “Americans for _” is probably an astroturf group of a few rich fucks

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      They’ve always done that: the Nazis were not the least bit socialist. Just pull words that poll well and make it up from there.

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        Please support the Christian Peace Freedom Society! Send money and impressionable youths.

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        There actually were social wings in the NSDAP before the 1930s, but they have been eradicated and only the name remained.

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      How the fuck have we gotten to the point where pretty much any group with Liberty, Patriot, Freedom, etc in the name is straight-up fascist?

      I mean, we did lean pretty heavily into jingoism, nationalism and anti-intellectualism for, like, the last 70-80y. As a consequence we’ve trained several generations of people to respect symbols more than the ideas that define our country. So uh, yeah, this is pretty much the expected outcome.

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        Have any good kinks or YouTube videos to share? I’m interested in learning more

    • FraidyBear@lemmy.world
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      Speaking as an Indigenous person… 🌍👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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      The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons

    • Objectionist@lemmy.world
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      i repeat:

      WE. ARE. FUCKED.

    • populustree
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      war is peace

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      deleted by creator

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    Nothing says Liberty like banning books!

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.worldBanned
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      They are fascist and should be labeled a Hate group and banned.

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        Banned is letting them off easy

        • RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world
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          Maybe banned from the human race?

          -Not the former CIA director

      • RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world
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        Terrorist organization too.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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        Since when does the US ban hate groups?

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          Dunno. But they would be a good starting point.

    • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.caBanned from community
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      For them Liberty means chaining others.

  • TheJims@lemmy.world
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    Klanned Karenhood

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    Under fund, remove education material, add your own, and declare public education a failure and you can have taxes pay for private education.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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      Religious private education.

    • spider@lemmy.nz
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      and you can have taxes pay for private education

      …and prizes:

      Florida school vouchers can pay for TVs, kayaks and theme parks. Is that OK?

    • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.caBanned from community
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      School vouchers are coming.

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        They’re already here.

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      You could be describing several government institutions. The Dept of Veteran Affairs, the USPS, IRS. It’s called regulatory take over.

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    This is who Moms for Liberty are:

    This is also who Moms for Liberty are:

    https://deadstate.org/moms-for-liberty-members-cough-loudly-to-disrupt-moment-of-silence-for-holocaust-victims/

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      Wait, they straight up just put a Hitler quote on their web page? I thought they were slightly more subtle than that.

      Edit: It’s a newsletter, but still…

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        Moms for Liberty will not be intimidated by hate groups…. Expect for the guy we quoted above. He’s cool.

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    Carl Kalauokalani has no children, no background in education and no experience in political or community organizing. Yet a year ago, the San Jose resident started the Santa Clara County chapter of Moms for Liberty, the far-right “parental rights” group stoking the nation’s red-hot culture wars.

    Reminds me of that picture showing the “Black Republican Committee” of Durham County, North Carolina.

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    Removed by mod

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      Moms for Hitler

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    These people are human garbage

    • DigitalTraveler42@lemm.ee
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      Nazis always are

  • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldBanned
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    The chief MOL in Colorado Springs was charged with felony menacing.

    That’s what you can expect from these types.

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    Theocratic fascism is the new liberty.

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      Defending your rights to freely stuff rebar in dissident orifices!

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    liberty

    lĭb′ər-tē

    noun

    The condition of being free from confinement, servitude, or forced labor.

    The condition of being free from oppressive restriction or control by a government or other power.

    A right to engage in certain actions without control or interference by a government or other power.

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    That’s what happens when you stand by and let Nazis invade.you gotta stand up and fight back

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    I did not want that image of Moms for Liberty spreading in my head. Rude Headline.

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      There’s gotta be money in “Moms for Libertines”.

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