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kimbutgar

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9. I've only been to Memphis 25 years ago and it wasn't that crazy then.

Reply to NoRethugFriends (Reply #8)

Fri Nov 28, 2025, 01:25 PM

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Alarm as Tennessee libraries shut down for Republican 'book purge' [View all] BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago OP

People who ban books are never the good guys. CrispyQ 14 hrs ago #1

A lot of repigs are confused about their own sexuality. Duncanpup 14 hrs ago #2

I feel so sad for all those librarians. Nittersing 14 hrs ago #3

It is. They even made a documentary about it. . . Stargleamer 13 hrs ago #12

This is based on events in Tarrant County Texas (where I live) yellowdogintexas 12 hrs ago #21

It was be interesting to see how the upcoming house election turns out Tennesse! kimbutgar 14 hrs ago #4

Dream on, sadly. NoRethugFriends 14 hrs ago #8

I've only been to Memphis 25 years ago and it wasn't that crazy then. kimbutgar 14 hrs ago #9

Definitely! I lived in Davidson County for 15 years; until the last redistricting in 2021 that district was very blue yellowdogintexas 11 hrs ago #22

God forbid you go to a library Diamond_Dog 14 hrs ago #5

Republicans have a unique definition of freedom. ShazzieB 12 hrs ago #15

That is still censorship and murielm99 11 hrs ago #24

I realize it's not a perfect solution Diamond_Dog 11 hrs ago #28

I've worked in libraries for more than a decade. llmart 11 hrs ago #27

See my response above (#28) Diamond_Dog 11 hrs ago #29

We never share circulation records. murielm99 11 hrs ago #31

That's a given in libraries. llmart 11 hrs ago #34

Years ago, it was possible. murielm99 11 hrs ago #35

Yes, I am old enough to remember those days. llmart 11 hrs ago #36

The HATE grows in my heart!! bluestarone 14 hrs ago #6

Don't you love it how he frames his EO as "Defending Women From Something Bad" Diamond_Dog 14 hrs ago #10

Sick, sick, sick. NewHendoLib 14 hrs ago #7

How long are they shutting down for? AZJonnie 14 hrs ago #11

Tennessee Mblaze 13 hrs ago #13

Libraries should get militant and challenge these assholes to come and take them. Efilroft Sul 13 hrs ago #14

Some do. They need support from murielm99 11 hrs ago #25

They are sometimes quietly "militant". llmart 11 hrs ago #32

I doubt Fiddlelady11 12 hrs ago #16

I don't know about the rest of you BWdem4life 12 hrs ago #17

My Memphis, 1973 -74 BidenRocks 12 hrs ago #18

To quote Heinrich Heine: BlueKota 12 hrs ago #19

This latest election cycle pfitz59 12 hrs ago #20

When I was a public librarian, murielm99 11 hrs ago #23

I had four different directors in the years I worked in public libraries. llmart 11 hrs ago #33

It would be great if Dolly Parton made a statement condemning this action, Bayard 11 hrs ago #26

I can't decide which state sucks the most, Texas was bad 40 years ago but TN is giving them a run for the money... wcmagumba 11 hrs ago #30

Ha! As if magats read!! IcyPeas 10 hrs ago #37

I am so damn glad I don't live there anymore. Laffy Kat 9 hrs ago #38

WOW, these rethugs are really fixated on other people's genitals, aren't they?? (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 8 hrs ago #39

I remember a conservative asking me, don't I find the idea of two men having sex disgusting? Skittles 8 hrs ago #41

where are the people who whine about BIG GUBMINT Skittles 8 hrs ago #40