The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoRemember to support your local librarylemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down17
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minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down1·2 months agoIf libraries didn’t exist, and someone tried to invent them, I am confident that conservatives would fight them tooth and nail with a thousand bad reasons.
minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62arrow-down3·2 months agoYou say this like they aren’t doing it already, filing complaints against hundreds of books at a time that none of them have read
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·2 months agoJust mention that Benjamin Franklin invented libraries, and they might shut up.
minus-squareTodd_cross@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoHa! That communist?! /s
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months ago Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. One of the favorite and often mis-quoted lines for right-wingers. The context here is kind of funny, since it’s basically pro-taxation. I do like misquoting it though to promote privacy, but that has nothing to do with the actual context of the quote.
If libraries didn’t exist, and someone tried to invent them, I am confident that conservatives would fight them tooth and nail with a thousand bad reasons.
You say this like they aren’t doing it already, filing complaints against hundreds of books at a time that none of them have read
Just mention that Benjamin Franklin invented libraries, and they might shut up.
Ha! That communist?! /s
One of the favorite and often mis-quoted lines for right-wingers. The context here is kind of funny, since it’s basically pro-taxation.
I do like misquoting it though to promote privacy, but that has nothing to do with the actual context of the quote.