The “banned books” narrative was always bs, as I’ve repeatedly shown on this page, but it was very effective. School board elections across the country rejected conservatives. Where I live, the Moms For Liberty type challengers were soundly defeated, like 2 to 1. Which surprised me since I live in a relatively sane family-focused suburban area where I thought parents would be freaked out by the woke stuff in schools.
Anecdotally, the main concern I saw in our community was that there would be “book bans” from the M4L types. People unironically feared books would be banned despite no books actually banned anywhere. There was just some inkling that books were banned down in Florida or something.
Of course, when you actually talk with them they quickly realize they have no rational fear of book bans, they can easily obtain whatever books they wish for their kids and that won’t change. Of all the things to worry about with your children, “banned books” shouldn’t even register. Sane people realize this once you have them actually think about it. But the narrative was powerful. So if you wonder why the banned book hysteria was spread everywhere, it’s because it worked.
Just incredible. After posting a meme blaming Charlie Kirk for his own murder, they post another a few hours later applauding Democrats for their civility.
Also, if you look at the Occupy Democrats timeline, their posts “denouncing political violence” were variations on “no one should be shot…BUT here’s a quote from Kirk showing he’s a terrible person.” Or sometimes they’d leave the first part out altogether and just attack him. There are no posts denouncing violence without qualifiers trying to gin up their base.
