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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jun 8, 2023 23:03:01 GMT
Update on the storytime thing: we've had to cancel adult events for pride month too, due to threats.
It's immensely irritating. I know the parent who set all this bullshit in motion, and if they're at my session next week I don't know what I'm going to do. Most likely nothing, but I'm tempted to bring out a picture book about - horror of horrors - a boy wearing a dress.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jun 8, 2023 23:07:25 GMT
To keep it balanced, though, we have also gotten many messages of support. Far more than the threatening stuff. And that has been genuinely heartwarming.
So the threats are a distant minority from people who mostly don't live anywhere near the library. Unfortunately, that is enough to affect the safety of these things.
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Post by simple on Jun 8, 2023 23:17:31 GMT
Shit man, awful that they’ve been able to force the cancellation. Hope whatever you’ve been able to stick goes ok.
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 8, 2023 23:20:07 GMT
Sorry to hear that, dude. Hope you continue to take solace from the support you've received.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jun 8, 2023 23:28:17 GMT
I've half a mind to put leggings and a tutu on for next week, and just do a normal storytime without mentioning it.
Like, this is the thing that was apparently worth threatening people over. This is why we have extra security. All because of some dude wearing a fucking dress. A dress!
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jun 9, 2023 1:29:26 GMT
Can you do the disappointed teacher voice "Well, we did have a lot of fun events planned for this month, but unfortunately *somebody* has ruined it for everyone. Sigh."
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Post by geefe on Jun 9, 2023 6:28:11 GMT
I think you definitely need to make a point about all the events that were cancelled
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Post by simple on Jun 9, 2023 6:58:25 GMT
Yeah, make it real clear why they’re off
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2023 7:50:19 GMT
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jun 9, 2023 9:08:06 GMT
Yeah, the bit about us basically importing America's culture war is 100% spot on. The bullshit starts from there and spreads.
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Post by geefe on Jun 9, 2023 10:57:57 GMT
Who would we say imported it first?
Don't say "Tories". Which ones? Suella?
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Post by Tuffty on Jun 9, 2023 12:34:17 GMT
It is, as usually the case, Murdock and co
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Post by kal on Jun 9, 2023 12:47:55 GMT
There was a clear moment in time when Cameron, Corbyn and Farage were pure populist figureheads and everything seemed to just follow from there.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jun 9, 2023 13:44:43 GMT
There's also the social media effect, plus the fact that the internet makes things much more porous between the US and UK. And then Covid and Lockdown exacerbating things. Though they were already in motion.
But yeah, the press in the UK is a big part of the problem.
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Post by Onny on Jun 9, 2023 16:45:50 GMT
The most noticeable for me was Kimi Badenoch’s leadership campaign. But sadly a lot of the gutter press have picked up her baton now. Fuck em.
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 9, 2023 19:00:29 GMT
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Post by simple on Jun 9, 2023 19:04:25 GMT
Activision that covered up abuse going all the way to the top?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2023 19:05:24 GMT
I’m so glad they’re boycotting everything. I want them to get to the point where they boycott every major company, where they end up living in tents in the woods. To then boycott Coleman or whoever for releasing a rainbow-colored thermos water bottle. Fuck all those losers.
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Post by Honk If You're Horny? on Jun 9, 2023 19:13:07 GMT
There's a wider issue where everything is black and white, good or bad, right or wrong.
If you believe X you can't concede that Y makes a valid point on any subject and vice versa. This polarisation forces people into these extreme positions.
Names, labels, point scoring. It's rife in politics and it's saturated wider society.
You pick a side and you get saddled with all the bullshit that comes with it.
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 9, 2023 19:13:53 GMT
Activision that covered up abuse going all the way to the top?
Consistency and logic aren't exactly strong suits for the kind of people who're pissed off at Activision over this, after all.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jun 9, 2023 19:53:36 GMT
There's a wider issue where everything is black and white, good or bad, right or wrong. If you believe X you can't concede that Y makes a valid point on any subject and vice versa. This polarisation forces people into these extreme positions. Names, labels, point scoring. It's rife in politics and it's saturated wider society. You pick a side and you get saddled with all the bullshit that comes with it. Twitter has been quite a massive enabler of this because you can't really do nuance when you're limited by a set number of characters. It's just become a game of gotchas to ensure that your team "destroys" the other one. It doesn't matter what was said it's just about how it looks. It depresses the hell out of me but then I remember a lot of this is online. As a teacher it does sadden me how being a parent automatically makes you an expert on education, medicine, world politics and the parents espousing this hogwash are thick as shit.
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Post by mothercruncher on Jun 9, 2023 20:01:58 GMT
You REALLY think “LG” stands for “Life’s Good” folks? We are having HUGE WHITE GOODS shoved down our throats guys. I’m gagging…
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Post by skalpadda on Jun 10, 2023 15:50:31 GMT
Stumbled onto Tim Cain's YouTube channel (it's only a month old) where he tells war stories from game development. He made a video about being gay in the game's industry and I thought it was interesting to hear the perspective from someone who's been in it for so long.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jun 11, 2023 15:27:14 GMT
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Jun 13, 2023 12:42:28 GMT
People really are vile
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jun 13, 2023 12:43:49 GMT
If hell existed it would be too nice of a place for these people. Fuck them all into the sun.
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 13, 2023 12:44:29 GMT
If even *Canada* is behaving that cuntishly, all hope is lost for our species.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jun 13, 2023 13:30:01 GMT
At least the school told him to fuck off and not come back.
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Post by Tuffty on Jun 13, 2023 19:07:54 GMT
Probably better that these companies are more up front that they don't care about LGBTQ support.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jun 13, 2023 19:09:48 GMT
Ha, holy fuck. That's some bare ass naked capitalism right there
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