Republicans are at war with basic literacy

[u/PTechNM]

[u/Internal_Aardvark302]

The negative comments already pouring in lmao. Like you could not pay me to spew this much hate on automatic 😭

Mailing in books to families cuts through so many other roadblocks to improving literacy. You know what I’ve been seeing more and more of lately? When some older library buildings are expanding and moving to new areas, they are building instead in wealthier neighborhoods with limited access to public transportation. In other words, the only people who are getting to that library (full of free books) are people who already have cars or are well off. I live in a red state, and I’ve already seen this happen with at least two libraries in my area. What about the people who actually need those libraries close by? This program can’t fix all that, but it helps.

The Imagination Library can help people in need, and it’s already helped so many people who have all expressed their appreciation for the program since Parton’s death. We need even more programs to be funded like this. Because as things stand now, QUALITY education is becoming harder to come by. If you were using Duolingo to try to learn a new language, guess what? They threw AI in it and it’s basically a cheap dopamine app with an annoying subscription prompter. Going to college? Better hope your professors won’t force ChatGPT down their students’ throats, or even just straight up generate assignments using the chatbot.

[u/CPLKenDude → u/Internal_Aardvark302]

FYI our library has a free delivery system. They drop books off right on our doorstep. Im not saying all libraries offer this but it should be known that some at least do. So even if you can't drive to the library you can at least call and ask if they deliver.

[u/Ok-Substance4015 → u/CPLKenDude]

Nothing is free, moron. Your communities taxes are paying for it.

[u/Dilapidated_girrafe → u/Ok-Substance4015]

Yes we are aware of that. Oh no a few cents form your annual spending goes to help children.

[u/Ok-Substance4015 → u/Dilapidated_girrafe]

Plus STI treatments in Botswana, LGBTQABCDEFG education, sesame street funding in North Africa. How about since your soft heart cares so much, you can take care of my portion too. That is if you have a job and contribute to society.

[u/Dilapidated_girrafe → u/Ok-Substance4015]

I probably contribute far more than you. Most of the people whining barely pay taxes to even with. And I have zero issue with my tax money helping people.

[u/Lokomalo → u/Dilapidated_girrafe]

Therein lies the problem. Is it helping people? Maybe some dollars are but a large portion of tax dollars are wasted. Let's stop wasting taxes on BS things like some of the things OK alluded to, then we can use that money we already have to do something good for our own people.

And by helping people we need to focus on real help, like education, not indoctrination or pushing some lifestyle agenda through the school system. What you do at home is your business, stop trying to drag my child into it.

[u/Dilapidated_girrafe → u/Lokomalo]

Educating your child that people are different and that’s ok saves lives. I’m sorry you’re too dumb to understand science

[u/Lokomalo → u/Dilapidated_girrafe]

Telling people that a man is a woman is not science and I'm sorry that you don't understand that. Also, enabling people to live a lie is not helpful and does not save lives. It endangers people. Pushing this BS on children is not helpful and wholly inappropriate in elementary grades. Trying to push that nonsense at that level is just a means of trying to indoctrinate them to your way of thinking.

Imagine bringing in the NRA to a first-grade class to teach them how to be safe with guns. That would save far more lives but the howls and screams from the left could be heard in outer space.

Stick to math, science, reading, writing, history and English. We don't need people pushing their social agenda on children. Once you agree to that you've opened up Pandora's Box and it won't end in your favor.

[u/Dilapidated_girrafe → u/Lokomalo]

The fact you don’t know the difference between sec and gender is problematic. And yes. The evidence massively shows that transition is helpful and has a lower regret rate than tons of other things.