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It's amazing how the far right machine works. A group asked to use the library for a drag queen story hour event. Library says fine & sets up a date. Bigots get wind of it & post about it on FB, calling the readers "groomers" & child abusers. They post names & email of library trustees & (cont.)
Professor Kyle @blackcatprose
Ugh. Watching a recording of a select-board meeting in my town. A bunch of bigots complaining about the drag story hour that's happening at the library next month. And while they're not as vile as the town-people speaking, all three select-board members are against the event. I'm disgusted (but not
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select board members. 30 random bigots show up at the trustee meeting & then at the select board meeting to shout their opposition. Someone made a fake flyer for the drag queen group to look like porn, & the gullible bigots who see what they want to see believed it. Now the day of the event that
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group, many not even from our town, will protest in front of the library – and the local press will lap it up because it's a big "controversy." Meanwhile, most of the town couldn't care less about the event, yet the loud minority dominates the conversation.
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Just as they did at Target...as they do constantly. And people don't know how to deal with the vehemence & hate they spew. It's scary. So instead of calling people out on bigotry, instead of defending the LGBTQ+ community, they say "we're just following policy; we can't turn away the drag queens."
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We need people to be willing to stand up and speak out for equality. We need our voices to be louder than the bigots. We can't avoid the conflict because it makes us uncomfortable.
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KansasCity FruitKace
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And LGBTQ+ people can’t be the only ones doing the pushing back .. thank you for realizing this.
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In response KansasCity FruitKace to their Spout
100%.
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