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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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.

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

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.

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

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

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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Speaking as an Indigenous person... 🌍👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

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Nothing says Liberty like banning books!

For them Liberty means chaining others.

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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.

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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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...

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

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.

Theocratic fascism is the new liberty.

Defending your rights to freely stuff rebar in dissident orifices!

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

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.

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

There's gotta be money in "Moms for Libertines".