A fear of books and a repellent personality are a pretty sad basis for a political worldview. https://thefederalist.com/2021/01/13/leftists-are-colonizing-red-towns-like-mine-and-local-republicans-are-clueless/#.YABcKoKaSF9.twitter
Leftists Are Colonizing Red Towns Like Mine, And Locals Are Clueless

Complacency is a problem for east Tennesseans. They are so used to Republicans winning elections that they falsely assume victory is automatic. It is not.

https://thefederalist.com/2021/01/13/leftists-are-colonizing-red-towns-like-mine-and-local-republicans-are-clueless/#.YABcKoKaSF9.twitter
As an avowed believer in free speech, free enquiry, and open debate, I hate that libraries include books I find controversial
Identity politics is a distraction from serious issues, like how I have been victimized by the homeless
Reality didn't meet my fantasy. I blame reality
People who are not me should probably not have career aspirations. I am apt to find this obnoxious
Imagine moving to a place only to discover that everyone who was already there... exists
Imagine moving to a place only to discover that everyone who was already there... exists
Imagine moving to a place only to discover that everyone who was already there... exists
Behold, the soft bigotry of low expectations
Kudos(?) for a piece that so concisely and thoroughly embodies the hatred, ignorance, victimhood, solipsism, and fear prized in current "conservative" commentary, while also being genuinely funny to read.
"Culture War", huh? You don't say
PS The author dwells on pet RW hates like DiAngelo and Kendi, and that's silly, but here are some other books he apparently doesn't think the library should be making available -- history, literature, memoir, academic studies. All of these threaten his fantasy. From his own link:
PS The author dwells on pet RW hates like DiAngelo and Kendi, and that's silly, but here are some other books he apparently doesn't think the library should be making available -- history, literature, memoir, academic studies. All of these threaten his fantasy. From his own link:
PS The author dwells on pet RW hates like DiAngelo and Kendi, and that's silly, but here are some other books he apparently doesn't think the library should be making available -- history, literature, memoir, academic studies. All of these threaten his fantasy. From his own link:
PS The author dwells on pet RW hates like DiAngelo and Kendi, and that's silly, but here are some other books he apparently doesn't think the library should be making available -- history, literature, memoir, academic studies. All of these threaten his fantasy. From his own link:
PS The author dwells on pet RW hates like DiAngelo and Kendi, and that's silly, but here are some other books he apparently doesn't think the library should be making available -- history, literature, memoir, academic studies. All of these threaten his fantasy. From his own link:
So, in sum, we have a screed here that complains about libraries carrying controversial books and decries the existence of liberals and conservatives in what is "supposed to be" a monochromatically Red space.

Who's in favor of censorship, safe spaces, and polarization, again?
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