Right-wing authoritarians always claim they have to ban books to prevent indoctrination. But what they're doing is eliminating viewpoints that conflict with their views, effectively promoting the indoctrination of kids with their own beliefs. There is nothing more representative of authoritarianism, and less representative of democracy, than the governmental censorship of books on the basis of partisan ideology.

#bookBans #GOPfascists #indoctrinatethekids

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/30/2166273/-Oklahoma-s-6-Republican-approved-library-books-sure-bring-back-memories

CW: #TxPol #Politics
#SeparationOfChurchAndState
#IndoctrinateTheKids
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It seems as though the #TxLege is trying to inch my home state closer towards being a real life version of #Gilead

SB1515 has gotten out of committee and passed the #Tx Senate.

"S.B. 1515 would require #Texas public elementary and secondary schools to prominently display the Ten Commandments in each classroom."

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/20/texas-senate-passes-ten-commandments-bill/