We donāt have a āSouth fails to rise againā thread.
Because some of us down here are ārisingā against the ideology that denies that there is any kind of leftist, radical traditions down here. How about we not let the neo-confederates dominate our understanding of politics down hereā¦ Iām really kind of sick of being derided by the right down here, and by the left in the rest of the countryā¦
Pay-walled, but really, the onebox has the tl;dr.
Violent crime, especially homicide, is actually dropping at a historic rate.
But the perception of a crime wave still colors U.S. politics.
Thanks to mainstream news outlets like [cough cough] The Los Angeles Times. 
Hereās a gift version. The video is kinda cool.
Thank you! The video was strangely cathartic
Glad the ppl cutting his ugly face off and melting down the statue had the sense to stay anonymous
Yeah, but at least theyāre reporting this story. I have a feeling NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, and even MSNBC will be radio silence on this.
āVirgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E.Leeā
I wonder if thereās a suckersā market for ātrue ingotsā of Robert E. Lee (and Traveller)?
I donāt do Apple Notes, but this seems like a Good Thing:
Does Apple Notes not have an export function, or is it the Markdown option thatās new?
Pretty sure this most often the case. Forbidden fruit and all that. Book banners tend toward authoritarian so defiance of their edicts is just unthinkable. Kids donāt usually respond well to that. And before someone tries to bith-sides this, on the left we usually ābanā books in the āthis is a piece of crap, donāt waste your timeā sense, not in a āburn the witchā sense.
If you really want to make sure that nobody will consider something to be read for fun or enjoyment, donāt ban it ā make it compulsory in year 10 English.
People love obsidian but isnāt it a subscription service? Not sure I want that for notes thanks.
Book bans backfiring? Study reveals increased readership for prohibited books
Backfiring?
I think the point of current book bans is to agitate rightwing voters. Actually stopping kids from reading books is not the goal, itās just a baity issue to dangle in front of conservative parents.
So before Iād say the bans are backfiring, Iād look into whether conservative parents are fighting against book bans, instead of getting duped into fighting for them.
