Alex WildThe fascists who took over Florida's once-progressive New College at the behest of Ron DeSantis have been caught dumping vast numbers of books.
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Andrew@futurebird @alexwild someone please steal them and get these books to a good home
Virginicus
LukefromDC@cinebox @futurebird @alexwild In the dumpster they are legally abandoned property. The only way they could charge anyone for even loading all of them into a rescue truck is for passing any "no trespassing" signs.
This legality is the reason cops are allowed to fish in your trash for interesting things, and the same law suggests fishing in that dumpster for interesting books.
The mass book dumping is missing only the flames and swastika armbands of 1930's style Nazi book burnings. This is the first stage in a likely mass transfer of higher education in Florida to ownership by churches. The most common churches here are Southern Baptists.
If the Black churches were able to get control of a major university though, DeSantis would have no further voice against it and would be powerless to stop DEI classes from becoming degree requirements etc. That would go along way towards getting rid of things like College Repugnicans and that sort of thing. DeSantis would not like getting credit for that one.
Barley Blair@futurebird @alexwild Intermediate Hebrew? Did they just see foreign writing and panic?
They are throwing away an entire library, not all of the content is related to LGBTQ topics I suspect.
I mean a lot gets tossed out with the bathwater when you throw out the baby... or ... IDK if that metaphor made sense but hopefully you know what I mean.
The Doctor
Michael Busch@blairbarley @futurebird @alexwild There is a conflation here between normal turnover of the library's collection, which would be thousands of volumes per year across the entire inventory, and the complete emptying & dumping of the parts of the library the omnibigoted authoritarians responsible object to.
Pretending that the former is the same as the latter is convenient for the authoritarians concerned.
Estarriol, Terrorist Dragon@futurebird @alexwild Update: it seems that dumpster was very quickly hauled away. Those books will be landfilled or possibly even burned. Time to burn the flag of Florida (which looks an awful lot like a Confederate flag) in their memory.
Elisheva Meira ā”ļø š@futurebird John Boswell's Same Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe too. That would be around 30 years old by now, but still.
Nick@futurebird @alexwild Holy shit.
Mike@futurebird A Hebrew text? Really?
Josh@futurebird @alexwild I hate these pictures so much. Fuck fascism. If you don't like the book, DON'T READ IT. It's fucking college for christ sake. ADULTS go here.
Passim@futurebird @alexwild Why 2024 will be like 1984.
Lyle Solla-Yates@alexwild āunder state statute the college can't donate books purchased with state fundsā Difficult to believe.
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anubis2814@alexwild Literally the first book burning the nazis did.
@alexwild Caught? They said they were going to do it. They did it.
Merilee D. Karr, MD, MFA@alexwild New College has been taken over? By fascists? Goddamn.
Scott D. Strader š@merileedkarr @alexwild it started a year or so ago and is as awful as you would imagine. Just as Florida as a whole is a testing ground for a conservative/fascist takeover of the US government via Project 2025, the New College takeover is the same but for US universities. Worth reading about (kind of?):
troy_friz_zell@sstrader @merileedkarr @alexwild
TLDR: It turns out fascists are incapable of operating a university. Shocking.
Skip Lacaze@sstrader @merileedkarr @alexwild In 1967, New College was the only college that recruited me. It looked interesting, but I went to #UCSC instead. The governance and academic changes being made by Governor #DeSantis will turn it into an intellectual cesspool.
Michael Gemar@alexwild Iām surprised theyāre not having a big public burning.
Thorium@alexwild I am sure they have copies of Mein Kampf in their library though. Probably in the recommended books section.
š» PlentyNuff š»@alexwild Heartbreaking and obscene. New College was a bright spot in FL higher ed; itās sickening to see it targeted like it has been.
Frances LarinaBurning books makes for such bad press, it's easier and quieter to just toss them in a landfill instead.
Karen StrickholmSO UN-AMERICAN!!!
(((JaneinNJ)))@alexwild What a waste.
Don Watkins@alexwild They must be great books! Can we get a list. Boost their sales!
TashaOMG these F-ing weirdos are so disgustingly gross. The post says hundreds of books are being dumped by people that want to control your life, but you can clearly see the number is so passed a thousand books (READ UP)
They came for our books NOW they are coming for you:
https://youtu.be/vP5Gx18D4-c?si=BY3zbos07Fjl6_Gf
#repoductivehealth #freedom #bookBans #fascism #DeSantis
#RonDeSantis #weirdos #weird #election2024 #florida #colleges #FloridaBookBans
Doreen32128 ready to rumble!
Luna chan@alexwild Literally something out of Fahrenheit 451.
Skorar@alexwild Shocking to see this. I know the state of things in the US has been declining for a while now, but seeing this just hurts.
They started by destroying important literature. But what's next?
They started by destroying important literature. But what's next?
RodneyPetersonTalentAgencyFucking disgusting.
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Waterloosunset@alexwild Florida has a Nazi college
@alexwild who paid for books
A.L. Blacklyn@[email protected] this has also been happening at grade schools and public libraries in Florida.
If anyone rescuing these books can take them across state linesāor to a designated place in Tallahassee, Gainesville, or St. AugustineāI know of a few public libraries that will accept them.
However, the books can't be water damaged or show signs of mold (not to be confused with spotting from paper elements separating in the sunlight).
Chris Mingus@alexwild the only thing Republicans worship more than lucre is ignorance.