Radical right-wingnut group Patriot Ripple Effect is hosting an adults-only meeting Thursday to alert citizens to “What Is in Your Child’s Library?”
Of course, like typical Trumpublicans, they aren’t going to the library to find out; they’re going to Aberdeen Senator Al Novstrup’s go-kart palace in Sioux Falls, which regularly hosts Patriot Ripple Effect’s noxious propaganda sessions. So Thursday evening, you’ll find more offensive content at Novstrup’s Thunder Road than you will at any of the greater Sioux Falls metro’s fine public libraries.
Siouxland Libraries are hosting Thursday morning story times with music, movement, and activities at the Ronning, Caille, Garretson, and Colton branches. Southeastern Behavioral Health is conducting outreach at the downtown branch Thursday morning (possibly helpful for the Novstrup/PRE crowd). Lit and Knit meets Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Ronning branch for pointed literary discussions. The BYOBook Club meets Thursday evening at 6:30 downtown, so who knows what dangerous literature they might bring into the library.
And if Al and his pals don’t work themselves into a lather and go burn down the libraries after their meeting, the Caille and Prairie West branches on Friday will host Tail Waggin’ Tutors, in which kids can “bone up” on their reading skills will certified therapy dogs Dash and Penny.
The Tail Waggin’ Tutors sessions require registration, and Friday’s sessions are already filled. Dash and Penny will thus be busy doing more to help Sioux Falls kids Friday than the mangy critters howling about smut at Thunder Road Thursday night. Good dogs!
In the end a “donation” will be asked for I bet
They just want to know which books will get their rocks off. Then use that self shame to take out on other people who don’t mind a little smut in their old western novels. It was, after all, a sexy time. The rest are the worst sort of perverts because they’re interested in what teenyboppers are going through and read about so they can holier than thou while secretly…. hands out of your pockets, PRE!
I saw something pertaining to book-banners that read something like, “Never in recorded history has there ever read: Tommy found his father’s loaded book and played with it. His dad’s book went off and Tommy accidentally killed his 4 year old sister with it. But we ban books.”
You will not find find gratuitous violence or smutty sex depictions in J T Edson’s westerns. Says so right inside the book.
You know Cory, when my friends and I went to confirmation classes at Our Saviors Lutheran in Highmore. Our picture is lodged in the corner of the building bye the way. We had alot of spare time and we shared all the naughty parts of the bible.
A few years ago I saw a remarkable bible at Miami/Basel art fairs. It was the ABBA Bible. Every letter except those that spelled ABBA was drawn over by hand. Bye the way, you could have a good absinthe while perusing this gallery. The Rimbaud drink that conservatives also managed to cancel for decades.
You get whatever meaning you want from anything you read. Conservatives are the real cancellors. Nothing ever changes.
I live just down the road from this gathering of snowflakes. I should join them at their crying session and see how many times I can refer to the debauchery in the bible before they either ask me to leave or realize that they aren’t exactly certain how to defend smut when it’s their smut.
There is a psychological phenomenon present among conservatives who continually claim to be the victims of something. This behavior suggests a deep-seated fear of losing power or control, which stems from a sense of insecurity or vulnerability that they may be experiencing. This insecurity may manifest itself in various forms, such as a perceived threat to their values, beliefs, or way of life. These individuals may feel like they are losing their status or position in society and as a result, cling to victimhood as a way of protecting themselves against further harm. This victimhood mentality also allows them to justify their actions, attitudes, or behaviors, which they may see as a response to the perceived discrimination or persecution that they are experiencing. Ultimately, this victimhood mentality can be seen as a defense mechanism, which provides a sense of control and can help to protect their self-esteem and identity.
Gosh P., didn’t know I was a victim. But now that I think
about it,, well maybe, I dunno. Hmmm.
Gosh, Edwin. You’re probably not actually a victim. Maybe you’ve become accustomed to portraying yourself as such. It’s common among those of a certain political leaning. Not that you support Donald Trump but Donald Trump certainly tries to portray himself as a victim continually. Partly because his father never loved him and partly because it’s a claim that raises massive amounts of money for which he has almost zero regulations on how he spends it.
P. Aitch your totally spot on about conservatives and victim hood. It’s so predictable but still weird. I knew after George Floyd and BLM there would be the backlash. It was ingenious that they came up with attacking critical race theory.
Not one of the loonies know what they are attacking but it allows them to put African Americans back in their place and that’s the important thing for them. They get to whitewash education and not appear to be the total racists that they are. Brilliant, they get to lie and attack and say they are protecting the children.
Thank you, Mark. As an aside, I’m all over your Governor like crabs on Hells Angels. He takes false victimhood to its zenith and is portraying my proud Florida relatives as a whining, pussy patrol pitted against anyone that publicly disagrees with his “royal” bigotry. From Dunedin, no less.
Victim ‘O The Day – “First, they indict a twice impeached president for no crime. Then, they sue to block congressional oversight when we ask empty questions about the federal funds they say they used to do it.” – Rep. Jim Jordan backstroking after being sued by a New York, pit-bull District Attorney.
Who’s “they”, Jim?
P. Aitch, two of the best days in my life were in Dunedin. It’s a party town extraordinaire. Too bad it produced DeSantis too.