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“None Of These Books Are Obscene”: Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida’s Book Ban Bill (bookriot.com)
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I'm sure this will bubble up to SCOTUS and they'll decide that all libraries are illegal or some shit, but still maybe a little good??? For now??

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[–] 50 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I mean, I'm not the most rational person in the world, but I imagine that if you want to ban a book then every person who signs the book ban petition should also submit a five paragraph essay on the book and its contents after having read it and certify, under penalty of perjury, that they have read the book.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    One of the problems is the shitty right wing people are organized. They would have think tanks or whatever to write essays for people. (Not even considering chatgpt). Or just repeat their talking points enough that people would be able to regurgitate them.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    They really aren't organized though, they just know how to fall in line well enough to keep up appearances. They constantly bicker and fight amongst themselves but then make sure to all push the same point when whoever is in charge tells them to

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    I find that the most comfy part of these bans is that they are also blanket bans. If each book required a scheduled open discussion (where said essay problem would show up) and a decision of a qualified third party as a result, it'd slow down their efforts by a lot.

    Like with these recent itch.io and Steam bans, a bunch of concerned nobodies want to glitch through all the usual slow beaurocratic processes we face and just get it.

    Maybe they should be given that framework, with next availiable hearing Nov 12 the earliest?

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You want to enact a poll tax???? Just kidding just kidding, I'm suffering from all the times I made this argument and a right wing individual came back with that.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I've been saying for decades now that birthright citizens should have to pass the same civics test as naturalized ones before being allowed to vote.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Poll tests are something that work great when it's two sentences but have had abhorrent results in practice.

    And this would hand over control of elections to the fed which is also a huge no-go.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Maybe the certification is federal but the actual polling places, poll workers, etc., still fall to the states? I didn't say it was perfect but ignorant people voting based on propaganda has completely fucked over the 60-65% of this country that actually support progressive policies when they're not labeled as such.

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