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With few people entering law enforcement and those in it retiring early, this is going to be a catastrophe.  

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Fortunately for the weak-minded here, you don't have to believe your eyes, because you can just criticize the source  😎 

 

 

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Banning” Books… Again

 

Twice in 2022 I wrote about banning books (here and here), but the recent hysteria over books that are being pushed by the LGBTQ community, and others, along with an FB post by a friend of mine brought the matter back to mind. As with so many issues these days, the left has taken a word and twisted it until they find a definition and use that suits their needs. Just as the government and its cronies created Newspeak in Orwell’s 1984, so the progressive left is creating their own version of newspeak. My friend walked into a Barnes and Noble to be faced with the display shown below. Now, yes, the signs under the books say “Challenged” which is indeed accurate. But notice the display sign – that says “Banned Books.” Whether this is a marketing ploy (likely), or not, someone at B&N is engaged in some serious misdirection and propagandizing.

 

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Again, none of the books were banned. Their appropriateness for certain age groups was challenged. And virtually every one was challenged over sex. Gotta wonder why school administrators would be surprised that parents who want their children to learn about math and not *****, about social studies and not social perversions, about history and not his/her/their pronouns, about trans Atlantic treaties and not Trans insanity, would question their literary choices.”

 

(She’s exactly right.)

 

Banning a book means making it impossible for anybody to purchase or read. It is an order by the government that under pain of sanctions, no bookstore may sell, no library may hold, and no citizen may own a copy of whatever book some totalitarian curmudgeon has decided is bad for society, morals, character, whatever. And, yes, that has happened in the past. The U.S. government, via regulatory bodies, and via Congress has attempted to ban different books at different times. The most recent actual, government imposed banning was a book, one book, in 2010 that was deemed to be releasing classified DoD material (the Wikipedia citation is here). And once the problematic information was redacted, the book was re-released. So, not banned. Other than that, which occurred thirteen years ago, the government has not banned any books.

 

Challenging a book is entirely different. What has happened recently is that various groups of parents and school boards have challenged the placement of certain books in school libraries claiming those books are not age-appropriate for the students at that school. For example, a few years ago, one of the supposed “bannings” happened with Maus, the Holocaust graphic novel. It does have some dark and graphic themes and illustrations that really aren’t suitable for five- to eleven-year-old children. There are other ways to introduce young kids to the history of the Holocaust. And indeed, in that particular case, the book was… wait for it… moved to the library at the high school. How is that banning a book? Please, enlighten me.

 

https://ornerydragon.com/2023/08/01/banning-books-again/#more-2439

 

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You can hurt yourself riding a bike with clothes on.  Must be easier to do it naked.

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33 minutes ago, Unforgiven said:

Cyclists bare it all during Philly’s 13-mile Naked Bike Ride: ‘Very freeing experience’

 

https://nypost.com/2023/08/27/cyclists-bare-it-all-during-phillys-naked-bike-ride/

 

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lefties are freaks and groomers


^ doesn’t like boobs 

41 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

THIS IS THE WAY.

 

 

 

 


“Committing vehicular assault against peaceful protestors in my gas chugging tiny-dick-mobile is how I get people on my side!!!”

 

not really surprised, given that Republicans don’t have the mental capacity to argue or really comprehend anything beyond the five acres of backroads nothingness they call home 

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1 hour ago, Roundybout said:


^ doesn’t like boobs 


“Committing vehicular assault against peaceful protestors in my gas chugging tiny-dick-mobile is how I get people on my side!!!”

 

not really surprised, given that Republicans don’t have the mental capacity to argue or really comprehend anything beyond the five acres of backroads nothingness they call home 

False imprisonment is cool

 

You and yours go naked in front of your kids? 

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2 minutes ago, Chris farley said:

False imprisonment is cool

 

You and yours go naked in front of your kids? 


Naked Bike Ride is well publicized and has been done for years as a protest against aforementioned gas guzzling, coal rolling death trucks. 
 

Simply don’t take your kids to it. Hell, half of European beaches are clothing optional. 

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Just now, Roundybout said:


Naked Bike Ride is well publicized and has been done for years as a protest against aforementioned gas guzzling, coal rolling death trucks. 
 

Simply don’t take your kids to it. Hell, half of European beaches are clothing optional. 

It's all good.  We can touch on this again when you grow up and have children and actually have traveled to these eu beaches. 

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4 hours ago, Roundybout said:


^ doesn’t like boobs 


“Committing vehicular assault against peaceful protestors in my gas chugging tiny-dick-mobile is how I get people on my side!!!”

 

not really surprised, given that Republicans don’t have the mental capacity to argue or really comprehend anything beyond the five acres of backroads nothingness they call home 

You should lodge a complaint with the tribe. Guess it’s easier to whine on a message board about people you don’t agree with. 

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4 hours ago, Chris farley said:

As adults, whatever.

 

but why down busy streets where kids are.

 

 

 

 

That's the point. 

 

 

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4 hours ago, Roundybout said:

 

 

 

Imagine thinking you have some sort of right to hinder other people from going about their lawful business on public roads.

 

 

 

The best part is yet to come. The pasty faced white protestors were all recording with their iphones and have big plans to embarrass and sue the rangers. Jokes on them. That road must have run through the reservation. As to any claims of mistreatment -- good luck suing a sovereign tribal nation.

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