Hannie Lutke Schipholt
Dgar“We can judge a society on what it makes accessible.”
Cartoon by Osvaldo Gutiérrez Góme.
Ryan2one3@dgar those were erotica books though.
katlinOr books that deal with themes of LGBTQ+ identity, books which call out and highlight racism, or books which depict supernatural elements, for example.
Peter Brown@katlin @ryan2one3 @dgar if we think we are going to make people better by keeping them ignorant we are seriously mistaken. All traditional children’s stories contain good and evil and they are all about the triumph of good.
They haven’t heard about the big bad wolf they won’t recognise it when they see it.
The same goes for abusers and traffickers
It’s all about education.
Tony💙@ryan2one3 @dgar Because erotica is more dangerous than a bullet in the brain?
TopKnotAnd this trend has only gotten worse in the 8 years since this meme was created.
The common US sentiment is "Guns, God and Country." And the #Republican Party in the US campaigns on that concept.
Bsan3@dgar serious burn there, probably because there is some truth to it. Libraries are also very accessible and funded, at least where I am (near NYC)
A.L. BlacklynNYC might be cutting library funding.
This despite how the city is of the few places resisting book/library censorship across the USA...
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned
Also in NYC: interest in firearms ownership has doubled...
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/04/27/amid-crime-fears-nyc-sees-surge-in-gun-permit-applications/
Reports are flitting around that NYPD is buying large numbers of machine guns and sniper rifles at the same time as funding for crime prevention measures like education, employment, & health services are cut.
RaysOfRed@dgar I’d say shoot the shelf’s supports to get the books down, but alas, he did not learn physics because the book was out of reach.
@dgar just use one of the guns to shoot the shelf supports. The tools for accessing knowledge are there.
Led By Gilded Fools@dgar Seems to need an update: add a lower shelf containing Booze, Drugs, Bible, Car Keys, TV Remote
Andy@dgar A cartoon perfect for social media, and the best I’ve seen in years.
Wannabe Astronaut@dgar And by its toxic obsessions with ideologies masquerading as morals. It's obvious to outsiders that their definition of "freedom" can be changed by the wielder into whatever they want it to mean.
Catherine Schmidt@dgar brilliant
Mike Garrahan
Osvaldo Gutierrez Gomez
Biography: Osvaldo Gutiérrez Gómez also known as "Osval" was born on September 26, 1971 in Ciego de Avila, Cuba. He graduated in Social Communication from the “Máximo Gómez Báez” University (UNICA) in Ciego de Ávila in 2012. He worked as an editorial cartoonist in the provincial newspaper “Invasor” and curren
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