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.

  • @[email protected]
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    6611 months ago

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

    Sounds pretty pedophileish to me.

  • Treczoks
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    6211 months ago

    Texas - Right Wing - Karen - Lying - Book Banning

    BINGO!

    • @robbotlove
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      1311 months ago

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

  • @[email protected]
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    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.

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

  • @betterdeadthanreddit
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    2511 months ago

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

  • @DevOops
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    1811 months ago

    Of course her name is Karen

    • themeatbridge
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      511 months ago

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

  • PenIsland
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    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!

      • @HWK_290
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        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

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    511 months ago

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

    • @Ensign_Crab
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      311 months ago

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

    • Dr. Bluefall
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      111 months 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 ____”.

  • TwoGems
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    311 months ago

    The only thing that should be banned are fascists