• jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
    1141·
    3 months ago

    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.

    • SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      623·
      3 months ago

      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

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
          10·
          3 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.