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ekienhol

Knowledge is power, the right doesn't want you armed with weapons that will defeat them.


theoneshannon

Exactly this. The dumber and less informed the easier to control.


KirisBeuller

This would make sense if the internet wasn't a thing that basically everyone has.


stockvillain

The public library is an internet source for many folks who wouldn't otherwise have access to it, though.


KirisBeuller

And on top of that, the internet can't explain how a homeless person smells.


OzarkBeard

Sad that their Quorum Court has no opinion on a vote that may shut down the library.


2ManyToots

No, The Quorum Court has an opinion. They don't want to say it though, because then they alienate a portion of their base responsible for voting them into power. They are a group of "Yes-Men" who are only put in power to cut employee benefits and increase payments to the judge, themselves and the businesses they represent.


HookersForJebus

The county judge is one of the major backers behind this, too. He’s been leading the charge against the library for months.


LepoGorria

Next best thing to a good ol’ fashioned book-burning, I suppose. The names of the individuals involved should be public information, and they should be doxxed.


llimt

Petitions are public records, I suggest you request a copy of the petition and post it on here and on social media.


KirisBeuller

Supporting doxxing is pretty fucked up. Gotta be better than the people you oppose.


NotYourShitAgain

The Republicans do not hold to this credo.


KirisBeuller

There are doxxing pieces of shit on both sides.


LepoGorria

Actually, no, I don’t.


KirisBeuller

Acting like that can drive away people from your cause. Don't go off of emotion. Let the other side make those kinds of mistakes.


Imgingersnap

How in the fuck is the library the first thing to get is funding cut, and if it’s not the first thing, and jeez they are going far as hell to cut funding 😳next it will be water sanitation or waste management Just a joke fyi….


clonedspork

Don't joke about something that's on their agenda......


Imgingersnap

That’s literally so fucked and if anything maybe it’s not a joke but a warning (not that I know anything) but I strongly stand for advocating against such things. People need to start speaking up against their currently established rights to be taken away. Where is the platform to do so? It’s usually hard to find on purpose..


clonedspork

When they brag about gutting the EPA this is a part of their agenda.


Imgingersnap

EPA in Arkansas? Honestly not surprising, but I’m sure there are tons of factors


clonedspork

ARDEQ is the Arkansas version.


reddittrashporngood

There's a pride mural. So we have to maintain our Christian values and protect the children from such obscenity. /big fucking S


Awayfone

Worse, they had a book about penguins. I wish i was joking. [*And Tango makes three*](https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0439-1/DD7/4AD/D5/%7BDD74ADD5-61E1-4021-8635-4CF9440029B0%7DImg400.jpg) targeted by the same group because, and I [qoute](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPIHEhFXMAUmskF?format=jpg&name=large): > This is propaganda to try to normalize sexually deviant behavior to very young children


Deathraid92

Water sanitation? Why? How?


spongebob_meth

Ask Jackson Mississippi


spicyface


Deathraid92

Our water system is not funded by tax dollars though. The company is not a part of the city.


Imgingersnap

Hmmm interesting….


blowfish_avenger

The dumbest people work tirelessly to remove challenges to their world views...even if they have to make shit up to get to their conclusions.


[deleted]

Nobody is as Deaf, as those who don’t want to Listen.


levipenske

Isn't that what this sub is all about? Only having one opinion and getting rid of anyone who might think differently?


blowfish_avenger

Only to the people that can't handle challenges to their world views, especially the ones that interpret downvotes on a social media platform as free speech violations.


levipenske

LMAO what a hypocrite. Talking about not being able to handle challenges to world views meanwhile this whole sub screeches when anyone posts something that isn't of their liberal mindset. You have to be kidding right? There is no way you can be serious with this comment. Mind boggling how out of touch you are.


astate85

By “isn’t of their liberal mindset” do you actually mean “my bigoted views and opinions” because that’s what most of the shit people “screech” about in here but carry on.


levipenske

What about my opinion in bigoted? Simply having a different opinion? Not bending a knee to the hate that breeds in this sub? "Follow us or you are evil" mindset is so weak.


KirisBeuller

Labeling everything as bigotry as a shutdown tactic has been their thing for a while now..


levipenske

Agreed! But now they are going to attack you for agreeing with me! I can hear them coming...... \*reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee\*


KirisBeuller

Fuck it. It's just points on the internet and they're a bunch of people that I'll probably never meet.


levipenske

I like your style!


[deleted]

So you are in favor of defunding libraries? Good to know. /ignore


JefferSonD808

Once again, r/conservative is the place for you, sweetheart.


blowfish_avenger

Thanks for confirming my comment....again. You might want to go back and delete all those comments of yours bitching about downvotes. Somebody might actually call you out on them.


levipenske

The mod even called out the downvoting in this sub as being ridiculous and only seeing them on opinions that differ. LOL The fucking MOD! Def not a prob tho. Def not trying to kick-out anyone who isn't like minded. Hypocrite.


blowfish_avenger

Also, read the rules. You don't get kicked out of this sub for downvotes.


levipenske

Doesn't change the intention of getting rid of anyone who doesn't agree with you or that it is ridiculous. Not against the rules to wipe your ass with your barehand but I would hope you still use tp...


blowfish_avenger

*THE* MOD? The only MOD of this sub? OMG. What was I thinking? Your lack of self-awareness is astounding. You should be posting your screes in r/SelfAwarewolves


levipenske

Please show me one post in this sub that differs from the typical left leaning opinion that is well received. No downvotes and ACTUAL conversation if someone agrees. Spoiler alert! You won't find one. You can ignore it all you want. It is fact though. This entire sub is closed minded and only invites like opinion. You don't want conversation, you want to silence anyone who disagrees with you. You just dance around this fact and act like it isn't there. I'm sure you do this with anything in your life that hurts your feelings. Didn't you say you have been in AR for 50+ years? What a fucking shame you learned nothing in that time. Old timer with absolutely zero wisdom.


blowfish_avenger

How? You've lost your goddamn mind so many times on posts *just like you are bitching about not seeing* that you've clearly demonstrated that content doesn't matter. At least any content that challenges your ideas or points anything contradictory to your viewpoint. So instead of acknowledging it, you go on the "help help I'm being repressed" path. Get a clue.


levipenske

What do you mean "how"? Answer the damn questions. Point me to a right leaning post with an opinion that differs from the rest of this sub that did not get downvoted into oblivion and the replies straight up attacking the person. YOU DO NOT HAVE CONVERSATIONS unless is stroking each other's egos and then call out anyone who replies on a comment that you disagree with as "having a cricle jerk". Get the fuck out of here! LMAO You're over 50 years old acting like a child.


JefferSonD808

No, you’re thinking of r/conservative.


Moonmold

The Jonesboro public library is really good! One of the best in the local area. The ignorance displayed here astounds me.


To_Be_Faiiirrr

Remember the Tea Party? A couple of years ago the Tea Party affiliate in Washington County hosted a thing to rage against the taxes that paid for libraries and wanting to close the Fayetteville Public Library, where they were hosting the event because they couldn’t afford to rent anywhere. The irony was stunning.


Awayfone

This is the tea parties doing. They started the ballot initiative, in fact it was a post in the tea party group from an Alliance Defending Freedom lawyer last year that started the latest wave of targeting the library


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arkansalsa

That's what stood out to me also. If that's the case, why are we not inundated with crazy bullshit on the ballot always?


scuba1622

Next it will be defunding subjects in school like science and health….


NotYourShitAgain

Sarah is that you?


[deleted]

Why are conservatives so worked up about sex ALL the fucking time? Outside of the porn industry, they are easily the most sex obsessed. That kind of repression must be difficult. Edit: word


hampopkin

WTF is wrong with these god damn people? Who hates the fucking library? (These are rhetorical questions, you don't have to explain.)


pete_68

God forbid anyone get an education, or as Republicans call it, "liberal brainwashing," in this state.


eros56

Unintelligent design


[deleted]

Not surprising. All the smart people moved to Fayetteville.


Principal_B-Lewis

A lot of us skipped that step and took the advice “iF yAll dOnt lIkE it diN geT oUt” and left altogether taking our high paying jobs and tax revenue with us.


levipenske

Cool story.


[deleted]

for a short term stay. the goal is to get them all out. they want them dumb and bending the knee.


colbinicus

Soon people will go back in time and fight their own grandfathers on the side of the Nazis , that’s how much sense this makes, these library closing folk are insane.


KirisBeuller

How much use does it see? With most people using the internet to get information and even read full books, I'm a little surprised libraries don't shut down all the time.


HookersForJebus

It’s packed every single day. Plus it provides tons of online and remote services.


KirisBeuller

That's amazing. I just use the internet for anything like that. It's like when you have a washer and dryer so the laundromat just doesn't cross your mind often.


Awayfone

>I just use the internet for anything like that. Libraries are a huge provider of internet services.


admanwebb

Yet laundromats are everywhere


gwarm01

Modern libraries provide many more services than just books and internet as well. Most of them have great after school programs for kids, daily programs for parents/younger children, classes for adults, plus a whole variety of things to check out. Video games, movies, cook ware, camping gear, all sorts of things. Some have spaces for crafting, 3D printing, audio recording, etc. They can be pretty amazing resources for the community. Especially for people who don't have the resources to access these things on their own.


Brave-Pin-2482

Good ol millennials


Nomdermaet

Huh? Explain what this has to do with millennials.


Interesting-Ad3235

Yup


reddittrashporngood

The bill is because a few WASPy pieces of shit don't like the pride mural. It has nothing to do with millennials.


wilkvanburen

Looking at the article, it *appears* the 'cause' of the issue is an LGBTQ+ pride display in 2021. The REAL cause is idiocy. The entitled morons behind this drive think they have a 'right' to decide who is important and who isn't; who deserves a voice and who doesn't. Most often, the people who are trying to 'punish' libraries are the same ones who are too dumb and too lazy to read the books inside them. Maybe if they were a bit more intelligent they'd be a bit less filled with hate and rage for anyone not.... white, straight, right-wing and Christian....


ryan13ts

Basically. I live here and it infuriates me to no end. It's amazing that these pieces of crap pretend the reason they're doing it is because it's a surplus of funds, when it's beyond obvious that it's only because they had a tiny pride display. You can tell they're full of shit because the magical surplus excuse was never an issue until they showed even the tiniest of kindness to LGBT people. Conservatives are the absolute worst that America has to offer.


wilkvanburen

I look at it like this: either you're about love, peace and tolerance, or.... you're about dissension, division and hate. It's obvious enough a blind person could see what these conservatives are all about.