Pronoun fines and jail time for librarians: Republicans target LGBTQ+ rights with new laws

[Bob Blaylock]

queers should be allowed to butt hump each other....as long as they dont [sic] give birth to democrats its ok with me

The problem is that many of them aren't particularly interested in adults, but in young children. That is what the OP is really about, after all.

And give me back my mirror!

 

[jotathought]

See, it's all about the fight picking with you.

Not very intelligent.

Not really .. just common sense. Cheers!

 

[Bob Blaylock]

And if I said that about Fox News or the Gateway Pundit, what would you say? The fact that you get your news from the Guardian just shows off your bias.

Especially that he's relying on a British source, with regard to America's business. Like himself, being British, it has no standing, and no usable knowledge, with regard to American matters. It is as irrelevant as he is.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

It's typical of the neo-fascist authoritarian right's bigotry and hate.

There is nothing the least bit wrong about having “bigotry” and “hate” toward chidlfuckers.

It is those of you who take their side, with whom something is very, very , very wrong.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

post 65 you stupid hairy bitch.

See post 125.

 

[miketx]

Do you own a television?

What's that?

 

[Bob Blaylock]

You loons always claim that America isnt [sic] a democracy. Which is it ?

You're British.

Nothing about American government is any of your fucking business.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

Knowledge, literature, comparison of religions. Its the whole point of a library.
Under your argument Shakespeare, the Old Testament, medical books, and most adult literature would be banned. Not much of a library.

Which of those books contain graphic illustrations of minors engaging in sexual activity with other minors or with adults?

 

[Bob Blaylock]

So are we. I am a bibliophile, I visit libraries all over the world. Nowhere in ANY of them is there a legit place for sexually explicit material accessible by children. If the libraries have them, they are kept in a Special Collections area. No one has a problem with that. You want sexually explicit material in a library. Keep it locked away where children can't access it.

Of course, that would completely defeat their purpose for wanting such material to be made available to children, and even for children to be encouraged to avail themselves of such material.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

Sounds like a large part of the United states is becoming like the Middle east. This kind of thinking and fascist behavior over what one can do within their own life is pretty fucking disgusting. We're becoming no better then the taliban.

At least the Taliban would surely know what to do about filth that support the sexual abuse of children. That is surely one thing that they get right, that they do better than we do.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

They want to do what the taliban does to gays and simply ban them and then remove them from society. We all know that they want to ban homosexuality.

Again, there are a few things that the Taliban gets exactly right, where our civilization would do well to follow their example.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

You quote the first amendment on a thread about book banning.
Priceless.

Being a British piece of shit, you have no standing top speak of our First Amendment.

 

[westwall]

Romeo and Juliet sex scene.

Oh? Where is it explicit? I own the Complete Works of Shakespeare. Nowhere does he use explicit descriptions.

Hoist on your own Petard again.

 

[luiza]

An adult would argue their case. You have no case.

And your latest thread was thrown out by the Mods for being absurd -- you could not and did not make a case for yourself or the topic .

And you then criticise somebody else for not having a case .

What a dreadful hypocrite you are and how embarrassing to see you letting down the British presence here-- suspect you are actually Welsh which might explain a great deal .

 

[Bob Blaylock]

The GOP position is that kids are persuaded to be Gay. It can be prayed away like the covid was.

You do not speak for the GOP, nor any member or position thereof.

 

[Coyote]

It is bizarre what the party of small government and individual rights is passing or attempting to pass now.

North Dakota rejected (39 to 8) a bill that would have fined anyone using a pronoun for themselves or another not in line with their birth gender $1500. A real WTF bill apparently. They were concerned it would harm those who didn’t identify as transgender.

LGBTQ people, allies dodge $1,500 fines in North Dakota

As more than a dozen states consider passing anti-transgender legislation this year, North Dakota lawmakers rejected a bill Friday that would have made people pay $1,500 each time they refer to themselves or others with gender pronouns different from t...

abcnews.go.com

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee had said they agreed with the bill’s purpose, but that it was poorly written and would be difficult to enforce. It would also have harmed people who do not identify as transgender and would possibly violate First Amendment rights, they said.

Rahrich, who testified against the bill, said he lived in North Dakota until he was 25 but moved away in 2016 after “a series of escalating brushes” with anti-LGBTQ violence.

“I could wax poetic about the rolling prairie, or how much I miss the enormity of the sky,” he said about North Dakota. “But what I can’t do is compel you to see me as a human being.”



But there are more in the pipeline.

The right needs a minority scapegoat to roil the base. Muslims are passé, Antifa’s not doing much, Commies are everywhere but know seems to be able to define them. Transgender people fit the bill, and have very little political power. There is also a strong element of cruelty here.

Pronouns, drag shows, K-12 sports: Slew of North Dakota bills take aim at gender issues

Supporters of the proposals say they protect children from left-wing ideology. LGBTQ advocates say the wave of anti-transgender legislation is bigoted and harmful.

www.inforum.com

After Clemens left the committee room, Christina Feldmann confronted him, telling the lawmaker about her daughter, Haley, a transgender woman who died by suicide in 2021.

Feldmann of Beach, North Dakota, told Clemens that using Haley’s personal pronouns was "the simplest way to validate her.”

“If she were to have gone to a school that referred to her as he/him, we would have lost her much sooner,” Feldmann said to Clemens. “Your bill will kill children. It’s important that you be aware of that.”

Clemens repeatedly referred to Haley as “your son” when speaking to Feldmann. The lawmaker also asked the mother if she took Haley to “counseling or help to bring her back to thinking that she was a boy.”

North Dakota wants to pass a bill stating that conversion therapy for lgbtq people is not an ethical violation.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Welp, this thread isn't boding well for the groomers

 

[Orangecat]

Lol. Sarah Palin agrees. She taught it to her daughter after all.

Are you one of the ignoramuses that thinks someone abstaining from intercourse can get pregnant?
Think before you post so you don'y look like a fool.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

The ones that are age appropriate. But these are public libraries used by adults. So your straw man is bollox.

Why dodge. Which banned book to you want to make accessible for children who use the library?

If democrats ran a blockbuster they'd mix gay porn in the kids section.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Pronoun fines and jail time for librarians: Republicans target LGBTQ+ rights with new laws

More than 100 laws targeting LGBTQ+ communities have been filed across the US as attacks persist

www.theguardian.com

North Dakota seems to be a problematic place. Are they really going to send librarians to jail for stocking dirty books ?

This seems to be absurd on a taliban level. It seems like the argument has moved on from protecting the kids to protecting the adults. What sort of libraraies will these places be ?

Will Librarians be expected to read every book on their shelves to protect themselves ? I would if I was threatened with a jail sentence.

Libraries are places of learning. Where we go to learn about the world. This bill seems to be the antithesis of that aim. These people are bringing shame to America.

Could you quote the part of the law where librarians go to jail?