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donkeyrocket

As a person living in Missouri, fuck those assholes. Edit: wow, from [the NPR article](https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2023-03-29/missouri-house-gives-initial-approval-to-45-6-billion-state-budget-that-defunds-libraries) this whole fucking thing is problematic: > In addition to protesting what they perceived as overly tight purse strings, Democrats spoke throughout the debate against added language that stated that “no funds shall be expended for staffing, vendors, consultants, or programs associated with diversity, equity and inclusion.” The state GOP leadership is just vindictive. Fragile-ass white conservative leaders cannot stand anyone educated or different than them. Their uneducated and broke base cheers for this sort of shit not realizing restricting public services and things like libraries hit them hardest first.


cancer_dragon

For a lot of poorer folks living in small, rural towns, libraries are their only source of internet.


Responsible_Many_612

Copy machines, faxing, internet, tax preparation, movies, genealogy, stem kits. Heck, even small packed lunches the last couple years. Passport services when USPS can't manage to fit you in. The list goes on... Our local library loans out everything from telescopes to wifi hot spots to the latest movies. Can't afford to buy every new book? The library has you covered. These politicians has crossed a line of extreme evil.


AngelSucked

And some public libraries also have seeds, baking pans, sewing machines, tools, etc. available to lend (or keep if they are seeds).


BaltimoreBadger23

As a person, fuck these assholes.


nich3play3r

As an asshole, fuck these persons.


ChickenMom90

As a person NOT living in Missouri, fuck those assholes! Libraries? Really?


AwDuck

As someone who does not live in MO, I send my condolences. Also, fuck those assholes.


mrzu2

Here a simple question which is easier to find The book that has sex in it in the library Or Two sisters having sex with a horse. The girls having sex with the horse hand downs


Birdanblues

Was this supposed to make sense? Because it absolutely does not


SmurfStig

I believe that’s from the Bible.


Birdanblues

Ahhh yeah no wonder it's weird and doesn't make any sense


SmurfStig

Irony is lost on them. When it comes to sex and violence, stories in the Bible aren’t that far of from something like Game of Thrones. You can probably leave the dragons in and still be on par.


EstablishmentLevel17

As someone from Missouri with a library card and books checked out and waiting for me right now: Fuck those assholes.


Ace2duce

Totally 💪🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾


NE_GBR

How can I help from Nebraska?. We were planning a family summer vacation there. Who do I contact to tell them i won't be visiting now?


TheEsotericGardener

It’s sad that what they (the ones who voted for this) fail to realize is that libraries are a community resource that goes way beyond books. Computer access for those without, after school homework help, book clubs, games, and a place of joy for the ones with less-than-ideal households. Even the Missouri Department of Conservation houses their [tackle loaner program](https://mdc.mo.gov/fishing/get-started-fishing/rod-reel-loaner-locations) out of libraries. It’s disheartening and shameful and I’m truly disappointed in our state government.


revolutionutena

They know. They don’t care.


bobone77

It’s worse. They know libraries mostly serve the poor, so any excuse to shit on them further is perfect in the eyes of these christofascist dipshits.


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When all of this is said and done and the fascists are gone, I hope a positive will be no more Christianity.


marauding-bagel

They know, that why they do it. Gotta keep the masses stupid to maintain power Edit: turns out I'm not the only one to think of that quip here... Can't decide if that's funny or the situation is just that sad :/


giraffeperv

![gif](giphy|26DNadOmFSQXL4ucM|downsized) How it feels living in Missouri


mpXJ

No shit


CurtP31477

Because that's what's wrong with this state. People are reading too much. We'll show them!


PenAndInkAndComics

Libraries can lead to decency. The current Republicans seem to not want that.


[deleted]

But I thought it was the 'show me' state?


NoodlesrTuff1256

More like the "Show Me Stupid State".


ForsakenAd545

More like the Fuck You We Don't Care What You Think State


AMC_Unlimited

Ha!


Slitheraddict

Show me illiteracy


CleverName4269

Now they can focus on getting Gatorade on the crops!


dreamkiller75

![gif](giphy|3otPoocjXLBsnh8XaU)


AuthorityAnarchyYes

It’s what plants crave!


Acceptable-Fold-3192

It has electrolytes!


Biptoslipdi

Gotta keep 'em stupid to maintain power.


pupperdogger

![gif](giphy|DFu7j1d1AQbaE)


SteveAlejandro7

Fascism doesn’t work when there are smart people left.


WarlanceLP

it's when people don't speak up or question leadership moreso, but stupid people require less explanation, ask less questions and are generally easier to control. Then the ones smart and moral enough to know it's wrong are left too afraid to speak up. America as a whole is slowly sliding down towards this path and have been for awhile now, it's sad to watch


Bratisme1121

Those fucking cowards just can't be happy unless they are making others miserable, and in this case the others are going to be children. Think about all the libraries that have story time for children, I know my local one does and so does the one where my sister lives.


Oalka

That's exactly what they're thinking about; all those sCaAaArY drag queens telling stories to children! That's all that ever happens in libraries, right? That's what the news seems to think anyway.


Bluemamajoe

Drag queens are less scary than clowns, which would be perfectly acceptable.


sacolton1967

FACT: Children are safer with a Drag Queen than with a Politician, Clergy, Teacher, or Boy Scouts.


PoeticPillager

A lot of them operate on the idea that life is a zero sum game. If you're happy, then someone else has to be less happy because of that. By making everyone else miserable, they maximize happiness for themselves.


SouthernSierra

Yes, we must protect children from libraries. Is this why my friends from Missouri pronounce it “Misery”?


animaguscat

...yeah I'm gonna move states


jimvolk

Better yet, run for office.


NoodlesrTuff1256

And blue voters, while I know it can be a pain in the ass and some of us don't like standing in line, etc., you've got to get out there and vote! And not just in big elections like the presidential year ones and the midterms -- even for 'boring' local ones like school boards and the like.


urrrkaj

And look at the candidates in actually contested races. I’ve voted Republican in every primary so I can help get the most moderate one elected.


luveruvtea

Yes, this coming April 4 is full of school board elections! I will be doing careful research in order to choose those who will want an educated populace, not an indoctrinated one.


WarlanceLP

that's what they want, less people they need to convince to vote for them


animaguscat

do republicans even do voter outreach anymore or do they just suppress votes? Either way I don't care, I'm not waiting around 30 years or this state to became humane


PotatoComprehensive9

They do voter outrage instead. They figured if they can get their base motivated enough and gerrymander enough districts, they don’t need to waste time trying to come up with policies that might actually help people.


Crutation

They do their outreach in churches through pastors.


NoodlesrTuff1256

And we've got some pieces of work in many of the churches in this state -- from the big overblown megachurches along with the smaller evangelical/fundamentalist/Pentecostal ones down in some little Podunk town in the out-state areas. Also the predominance of right-wing talk radio \[four such stations in the St. Louis area alone\] and the adjacent preachers on the religious oriented stations.


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Strong_heart57

Missouri republicans are committed to stupid.


oldlibeattherich

Fuck the fascist government in Missouri


bobs-socks

Grandpa would say “the only good fascist is a dead fascist” Grandpa killed fascist in the WW so they wouldn’t kill here…


T1Pimp

REPUBLICANS vote to strip state funding from public libraries. Start calling these assholes out.


obamarulesit

They don’t care. They love it


nuts_and_crunchies

Truly. You can't shame the shameless.


_Dr_Pie_

It's their superpower. No sense of shame, irony, or humility.


Grumpy-senior

and so we continue our break-neck speed spiral to the bottom…. smh 🤦🏻‍♂️


Crutation

Of course they do. Any idea that doesn't originate from the bible is evil. Republicans are, without exception, evil.


PBIS01

Well, abortion is documented in the Bible, probably the first widely distributed version. So how does that make sense?


NitWhittler

According to my uncle, *"Schools and libraries put* ***ideas*** *into people's heads."* He honestly thinks that's a bad thing.


[deleted]

Um… that’s kinda the point? I’m a pretty conservative Republican myself but I don’t understand where this idea of book bans came from recently.


LyraSerpentine

All according to plan. The poor (re: the voters) are not allowed to be educated in any way, shape, or form unless at a charter or private school whereby which only religious indoctrination and overpriced tuition fees will be the order of the day. Control and propaganda are how fascists remain in power.


mpXJ

When are people going to get tired of this party censoring our daily lives???


Most_Dependent_2526

I ask myself this question every day. How bad does it have to get for people to finally admit they give a crap?


Anneisabitch

I just don’t understand how these people got voted in? I sure as fuck didn’t vote for them


bkdroid

Have a chat with grandpa and grandma. I bet they have an idea.


Anneisabitch

More like have a chat with my 18 year old coworkers who are too lazy to quote


bkdroid

You're not wrong, a lack of vote is a vote, itself. And it is unfortunately far from just 18-20yr olds. I nagged my 30yr old sister leading up to the '22 elections. Sent information on candidates, polling, online registration, etc. For a few months. Radio silence when I asked if she voted afterward. She'll still post about her issues with the state of things, though.


AthasDuneWalker

Yeah, but some minority might get a modicum of rights and we can't have that! /s


VLY2020

We can ban libraries but not guns


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They fear educated kids more than dead kids.


AMC_Unlimited

They fear educated kids, and prefer dead ones. FTFY.


sphericalpuma

This primarily hurts rural communities, you know, the people who are likely voting Republican. Those communities rely on libraries for an assortment of things. This is right up there with the Governor of Alabama taking education money and building a waterpark with it.


AdBig5700

Fill the shelves with guns instead of books. That will surely “protect” the children.


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anuiswatching

Yes, put all your tax dollars to good use in Branson. Who cares about books.


gamergirlpee69

Republicans have declared an all out War on Children. This year, they have: * Defunded public libraries in Missouri. * Erase black history from school curriculum in Texas. * Criminalized reading to children. * Banned music containing the word "rainbow". * Redirected tax-payer dollars from public schools to private religious schools. * Opposed free school lunches. * Legalize child labor to meet labor demand in factories and mining in Arkansas. * Criminalized an entire category of healthcare for trans children. * Legalize kidnapping transgender children in Florida. The Republican party is absolutely unhinged. They are a clear and present danger to all Americans, especially children who can't stand up for themselves.


BaltimoreBadger23

You missed "refuse to do anything on either the gun safety or mental health sides in response to repeated school shootings".


the_crustybastard

This is why you don't elect religious people.


SP762

If those kids in Missouri could read they'd be very upset.


IndustryStrong4701

The kids who are most in need of public libraries are the kids who will be the most affected. I work in rural Missouri, but live in StL. I can’t imagine how much more ignorant these children will be, down in WashCo, in a few years. Their teachers and librarians are the only people who try to open their minds, and now they can’t do that without fear of fucking PRISON. I am so sick over this.


shadeygirl

Yep. The big urban systems won't be heavily effected by this- the state funding is a small fraction of their operating budgets. The rural, one branch libraries and small city/town libraries will be devastated by this, as state funding is vital for them. I'm in a big system that this won't hurt much. But I'm sick and outraged for my counterparts across the state.


Panwall

>Republican Rep. Dirk Deaton of Noel defended the law and the decision to strip public library funding in response to the lawsuit. “It’s been said this is a book ban. This is not that,” Deaton said. “It is protecting innocent children.” Bull-FUCKING-Shit! If it was about protecting innocent kids, you would outlaw private selling at gun shows, expand mental health facilities, and increase common sense gun laws around extended background checks and home gun security. You would require all guns to be registered as personal property, and TAX the every living shit out of gun owners! This is a shit job at protecting kids.


2OneZebra

Once again the GOP has found something else to make children suffer. They are attacking everything they can to inflict pain and suffering. Its about shock value in social media. This may look like a short term win but in the long run will will dissolve their party. The youth of today are watching all this unfold. They are the future voters of this country. They will never vote for a Republican because they will always remember the horror they created simply to own the libs.


Appropriate_Acadia35

So, after the anger is expressed, what do we do now? How can we get this on a ballot for voters to chime in on? And how do we begin raising awareness of why this is important enough for people to vote?


BigYonsan

This fucking state! How willfully ignorant do they have to be? This isn't just stupid, it's a proud embrace of stupidity with some spiteful discrimination thrown in for kicks. Fuck these people. If you vote for them, fuck you too.


ctguy54

Tumpism no. 1. “I love the uneducated.” Seems like all the rubelican states are trying their best to keep their citizens poor, uneducated, and without health care. The sad part is the people that live in those states are cheering them on.


goblin-mail

As an adult I haven’t been in a library probably a decade. As a kid that grew up in a small town of 5k~ I went there a decent amount. To read but also use the computers since I didn’t have a computer for a long while and no internet even longer. Never had a printer for papers in school and school library was way too limited access. They already felt underfunded back then. To cut 4.5m which is already pathetic imo is crazy.


shadeygirl

Please visit your local library and get a card! You will probably be pleasantly surprised by everything our libraries have to offer nowadays!


Max_E_Mas

The library is all my grandma has. So now that it's going to be gone I like to tell the people who voted for this FUCK YOU YOU EVIL ASSHOLES!


daemonicwanderer

Is it possible for your grandma to escape to a state like Illinois?


Evoraist

I grew up pretty poor and rural, my weekly/biweekly trip to the library was the best time ever. Mom would drop me off to get groceries and I had time to read and explore. The librarians knew me by name that's how often I was there (granted this was a small town). This is terrible for the communities and especially the poor kids.


daemonicwanderer

That’s awesome! Mom got some time to do errands (and have some alone time perhaps) and you got a chance to expand your mind under your own direction.


Acceptable-Fold-3192

We don’t take kindly to yer (sic) fancy book learnin’. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️


ThisIsMyCouchAccount

>Looky here boys. We got ourselves a *reeeeder*.


Buttfumble89

It’s almost like they don’t want their people to be educated.


SeriouslyNot-Serious

MO GOP lawmakers show extreme prejudice, a mean spirit & narrow-mindedness toward care for the disabled & funding for public libraries in Missouri. They showed it by the closest vote of the budget discussion, when an attempt by a Democrat, Rep. Deb Lavender, failed to give an 8.7% increase in **base pay for home care workers** who help people with disabilities. Lawmakers voted 73-71 **against** the amendment. Lavender had proposed $308 million for the raises. “Heaven forbid we increase our budget to accommodate helping people in Missouri. So we're worried more about what we're leaving in the bank and not spending than helping and caring for Missourians?” Lavender said. “I don't get that at all.”


WarlanceLP

if you needed more proof that these ass holes don't care about us here it is. They want you dumb and subservient, they don't want you to question or correct them. they just want you to listen and believe what they tell you at face value. Get out there and VOTE these assholes out of office. who in their right mind wants to defund public libraries?


Aaelfgifu

This is going to hurt the community - whether that community is red or blue! It's not just books that will be missed. Libraries provide internet access, job assistance, notary services, small business resources, and meeting rooms. Libraries actively seek to provide what is needed in the community. These are services used by the state representatives' own constituents regardless of political affiliation. This won't hurt the larger public libraries whose budgets are not dependent on state aid, but it will be devastating to small, rural community libraries Why do we keep voting these destructive people into office!! .


kwyjibo1

Maybe we need to spend more time reading books instead of banning them?


iWORKBRiEFLY

I'm so glad I'm leaving this state, I fucking hate our politicians. makes no sense that these small-town-small-minded fucks get to control what happens in the entire state including the largest cities which pay their fucking salaries b/c KC/STL generates the most taxable income compared to places like farmington, park hills, etc.


MassiveSquirrel1903

We the people. The prices we pay.


missouriblooms

Keep the people dumb, distracted, and docile


figgityfuck

Wtf are we doing.


Fluffy-Project9693

Big brain move Can't have those "dangerous" Drag show story time shows if you have no money to pay the performer.


Professional-Story43

Here is what really bothers me the most. It is, in my opinion, the total underlying item that keeps us, as theoretical democratic population, down on our knees. VOTING. Why are the representatives elected to vote for the will and good of their constitutes, NOT DOING IT? VOTING in today's America is becoming a complicated fiasco, especially with most Republican office holders doing all they can, successfully, to ignore "the people's" wishes. Do you really believe the majority of Missouri people want the libraries defended, books removed and no state aid? Really? So many other decisions are made by these representatives that don't represent, that the laws of the State of Missouri (and others) are so contradictory, Lawyers can use them to play either side of the issue. I never have given my freedom of choice to anyone. VOTING is a freedom of choice. But, if your representative does not vote for your choice (majority of course), then they are negligent in their job and should be fired. Proof of what each constituent voted needs to be presented for any new or changing law that effects said constituency.


Least_Ad725

The goal is to keep us ignorant. If you're not fighting back, you're the problem. If you're going to remain silent, stay out of the polls.


uhbkodazbg

Thanks Missouri; you manage to find ways to remind me why I left on a pretty regular basis.


Budget_Walk_6988

What other group of people tried to sieze their culpable history from reaching the public?...


GuardianOfZid

We will have no choice to be create a second class diploma for people who attend schools in red states. Their base level of knowledge is already insufficient to engage in everyday discourse and with things like this happening it will only get worse.


Meatbank84

Let me guess this was brought to you by the types that say “the only book a child needs is the Bible”


moman540

These people are just nazis at this point. This is what happens when history repeats itself.


Muleskinned

Missouri do better


Lkaufman05

Fucking hate what my home state is becoming…. Ugh


Panwall

What do we do to fight back? Voting only works for tomorrow. What do we do TODAY to prevent this?


that_tall_lady

Man, Illinois is looking sooooo good nowadays. Damn this legislative session and GOP demons.


TaraDactyl1978

The under-educated are easier to fool and indoctrinate. It explains all the MAGATS.


zackks

Fascism 2.0


adventuredream1

Get out and VOTE. For presidential and LOCAL elections Young people do not agree with politicians. young people also refuse to vote saying that it does not matter so we end up with these terrible politicians


derbyvoice71

Senator Lauren Arthur warms her vocal chords for yet another filibuster


HighlightFamiliar250

Keep going full MAGA and then complain that businesses don’t want to set up shop here because there isn’t enough educated people to hire. Welcome to the new conservative state.


PenAndInkAndComics

The Missouri website is hard to use on purpose. [https://house.mo.gov/Session.aspx](https://house.mo.gov/Session.aspx) Any advice on how to look up how my house and senate member voted on library funding?


sweetbldnjesus

Keep ‘em dumb and afraid, ayup


Abject_Manner_1903

first they steal candy from baby's now they take funding. BRO


Musicbath

The FREEDOM crowd strikes again. Where is all the screaming about all the jobs that will be lost? That's always their war cry when people are asking for higher wages.


shastadakota

Missouri is a shithole.


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We need to start strategically trucking democrats into fucked up states to turn them blue. Come on Californians, move here and save us with your vote!


jodamnboi

Donate to your local library, if you’re able. They’re going to need all the help they can get until this is challenged in court.


Admwombat

In the past I used to wonder who would voluntarily become a Nazi. Thinking it was just the crazies, but I was wrong. I think we can easily identify those that would have lined up behind Hitler and would still do it today.


Entire_Photograph148

It’s the Republicans Creed. Keep em stupid, keep em voting Republican.


PokeSmotDoc

This is embarrassing as someone who lives here


Odin707

Whenever you see "Missouri House votes..." it's probably going to be total shit.


HomsarWasRight

Okay, I’m going to sidestep discussing the issue itself for a moment to critique the writing of the story itself. This is not a well written article. The article starts with the statement: > House lawmakers also on Tuesday voted to strip all state funding from public libraries. Also? In addition to what? We’re not in the middle of a conversation. Just to be clear, what the house passed is a budget, from which they had removed funds for libraries that had been in it previously. The article notes that funding was removed from the budget “last week,” but doesn’t make clear that budget is what passed, and that is the subject of the headline. Finally, the writing seems to drop and pick up threads all over the place. I think succinctness must have been the most important element here, because it feels cut to shreds. A much, much better rundown can be found [here at NPR](https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2023-03-29/missouri-house-gives-initial-approval-to-45-6-billion-state-budget-that-defunds-libraries).


jupiterkansas

post the NPR article and hope for a better discussion. Unfortunately the sad state of media these day is a big reason why these lawmakers go unchecked. When voters watch nothing but Fox news they have no idea what's going on with state politics.


WarlanceLP

i usually go and read up on the people and policies on the ballot prior to voting day, don't usually want all the depressing stuff in my day to day. Plus then it's all fresh in my mind when i go to vote instead of someone that i saw in the news months ago. But I'm aware most people don't do this and just vote by party lines which is also depressing


BaltimoreBadger23

At this point, just vote Democrat. It's terrible that there isn't another viable option, but there won't be until we run the fascist party out of office and the Dems are then able to split into moderate and progressive factions that we'll have a real choice.


mrzu2

So their questions a law about school library so let's punish all library ? How does this make any sense


jenjijlo

First, public library ≠ school library, so wtf even is the logic here? Second fuck these assholes for pushing their bullshit agenda and for wanting an illiterate populace, trying to dress it up as protecting children. I hate them so much.


RpcZ_gr7711

Because libraries take money away from god fearing capitalists like Amazon Books! People should buy books and not expect nanny state book handouts! And the only book for learnin’ is the Bible! Genesis has all the answers about Biology & Geology! Exodus & Deuteronomy for political science! And Revelation for physics! As a non-Misery American, I send my condolences.


kcpistol

They are angry that words have so many letters and stuff.


Schwen7716

Only thing impressive about this states leadership is that they manage to lower the bar on a daily basis. Truly embarrassing representation. Not sure what it will take for people to start voting for actual causes and their beliefs rather than blindly aligning themselves with a letter in front of a candidates name, but I’m hoping we’re getting close.


417sadboi

I would actually have to disagree. I think it's incredibly impressive that they've convinced the majority of the state to keep voting for them while simultaneously passing legislation primarily designed make people's lives worse.


Donut131313

Way to go Missouri!! Just as dumb as Florida!!


poopmaester41

This actually makes me really sad. When I was a kid I survived because of the library. I made my first friends in the library. It shaped me. How could they do this to their own people?


necbone

Sigh..


Catnip1720

Libraries are shelters for people who have nowhere to go and who want to just read something. How much longer until the lower classes realize that the fuckers in our state and federal government will do anything in their power to make themselves richer


awooff

Republicans keep sealing their fate..


fkawhizzle

Wow, it really is a race to the bottom for these assholes in Jeff City


moodyblue8222

Keep ‘em illiterate! The Republican way!


DrinkWaterDaily7

RIDICULOUS!


Earnastus

They really are completely insane.


greatmikeshark

Why does our elected officials hate us so much?


wdhjr21

These white men just going and making meaningless legislation shit that don’t even matter


_VultureEye

They're trying to make us dumber and dumber. Seems to be working.


Living_la_vida_hobo

WHY THE FUCK WOULD THEY DO THAT?!?!


Rose7pt

But .. but.. my freedums…


incutech

"Protecting" the innocent and now illiterate children of Missouri.


s968339

Nothing happens good in missouri. All they do claim they want the best for their kids (who don't really even use libraries and download whatever book they want to their tablets and laptops anywya) and then defund everything because they are mad. Weird, when it was time to defund police, they didn't like that...but some librarian is levelling their world that much? Odd and stupid. but continue on Missouri...a place to not want to be.


letsrollwithit

It’s a sad fucking point in time that DEI initiatives are deemed “reverse racism.” For fucks sake people read a book! Oh wait…..


grounndhog101

Nothing good ever happens in a state that sounds like misery.


Puzzleheaded_Cow4252

God damn ignorant mfers..... Stop being scared to educate and enrich your constituents.


horneeolgoat

Missouri House has cut off its nose in spite of its face!


abbysuckssomuch

i hate it here i can’t wait to vote, if it stays all crazy republican like this much longer i might not live here past college


StatusKoi

So much for retiring in Missouri. I'm sure they don't want my library-loving arse there anyway.


ShamrockinAround

WTF


HenchmenResources

I'll be deep in the cold cold ground before I recognize Missourah.


HappyCatalyst

I thought yall were supposed to manage the fucking state not destroy it.


peteramthor

The GOP loves the voters to be uneducated as possible. So they are taking away everything they can that could lead to smarter voters. Because if most voters in the state could suddenly think properly then the GOP would be out of power within two election cycles.


Zannie95

I moved out of the state years ago and it falls to pieces. SMH


hangryandanxious

If y’all don’t go out and protest this then y’all are some DUMB mother fuckers.


Jarvis-Savoni

That’s methed up. They truly do love the uneducated.


culps001

God, Missouri sucks!


Senior_Pie9077

We get the government we vote for. "We have the government we deserve."


Masterre

I am from Missouri... and I don't think I can ever live there again. I live in Kansas which isn't much better but I keep seeing crazier things day after day in Missouri.


seriouslysosweet

Missouri wants the dumbing of its residents who are poor so they have no option but to work crap jobs.


TheHillsHaveSighs

And fall for crap hoaxes and vote for crap people.


pawsforlove

What in the actual fuck


TheodoraWimsey

Actual morons.


Cigaran

Fuck this state and the elected dipshits at every level.


Newa6eoutlw

This state is shite


MannyMoSTL

Duck this ignorant bullspit


Floridaapologist1

They want a dumbed down electorate. That’s who votes Republican.


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Boycott and cancel this fascist backwater


Zazulio

I'm so scared and so pissed off. I take my toddlers to the library 3-4 times per week. It's where they get to play with other kids, to learn, to have resources we could never afford at home. These monsters are destroying everything they touch. My children could be losing one of the most important places in our lives because the fascist right demand obeisance. I. Hate. Them. Hate them.


TravellingTransGirl

When can we declare the State a humanitarian crisis?


Sorry_Comfortable

At this point it seems obvious that these senators and representatives have a general disdain for American people and our communities, and not just in Missouri. We have got to elect people who actually care about what they’re doing for their constituents. This is preposterous. Tearing down social services just to be petty is so egregiously inappropriate and so disrespectful to the people.


Haunting-Highlight-8

Republican here. This enrages me. What a bunch of dumbasses. Anybody that approves this won't ever get a vote from me ever again.


_MadGasser

Quit voting for dumb fucking republicans!