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A far-right member of the school board in a Texas town, who has been on a crusade to ban books, was censured on Wednesday night for allegedly lying to gain access to a high school library.

The 5-2 vote to reprimand Karen Lowery came after dozens of residents of Granbury—evenly divided between those who were appalled by her actions and those who defended her—spoke during a five-hour meeting about what’s being called Librarygate.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago

Hmmm. Entering a school under false pretenses, sneaking around in the dark.

Sounds pretty pedophileish to me.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Texas - Right Wing - Karen - Lying - Book Banning

BINGO!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

congrats. I've got Texas - Right Wing - Karen - Lying - Book Burning. my turn is coming.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They already do it at alt right rallies, while chanting "zeig heil."

These people have underdeveloped brains.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Give a bit of cyclical history "the South burning".

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's entirely interesting that she quotes God, saying, "Vengeance is mine." As though that somehow justifies taking matters into her own hands. That's precisely what the quote is saying she shouldn't do.

I guess it makes sense that reading and comprehension aren't her strong suit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What is the point of an imaginary friend if it doesn't hate what you hate? There is no god there was no Jesus.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

The most surprising part is that she didn't burst into flames immediately upon entering a room full of books.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course her name is Karen

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Are we sure? Maybe that's just an alias she uses to sneak into school libraries to read porn.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WWJD? He'd spend time with the kids talking to them and being a good example in the open. Jesus never skulked that I know of.

Part of the good word talks about buckets of horse cum. Teach the good word!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was about to correct you but you're right. It's definitely donkey cock and horse spooge (which seems like a very specific distinction to make).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh here I was thinking it was donkey cum.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The King James version gave me a titter

For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

The NET Bible (whatever that is) cutting right to the chase and getting all literal though

She lusted after their genitals--as large as those of donkeys, and their seminal emission was as strong as that of stallions

wipes brow

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can we come up with a new suffix? I'm tired of things ending in hate, I wasn't even alive during that administration.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

In fairness, they were caught sneaking around in the dark after illegally entering.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think it's just ingrained in the public consciousness, now, even beyond the United States. Kinda like how so many things have been called "the Dark Souls of ____".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The only thing that should be banned are fascists