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Thursday, April 28, 2022

I've been waiting for this

Via Joe.My.God.
A last-minute amendment to give a politically appointed textbook commission final approval over books in Tennessee school libraries sparked a Capitol protest and heated debate in the General Assembly on Wednesday.

On Wednesday morning, Rep. Jerry Sexton, R-Bean Station, withdrew the controversial amendment requiring the commission to issue its own list of approved materials, but submitted a new version requiring the commission to review the collections in every Tennessee school library.

But in the House debate on Wednesday, Sexton suggested he would take things a step further. “I would burn them,” Sexton said of books he considers inappropriate.

We all now who else liked to burn books.
Hitler Youth members burn books. Photograph dated 1938. World History Archive / Alamy Stock Photo
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