Thought Police 0

Farron discusses a Virginia pol who wants to ban children from libraries if they are not accompanied by adults. (You can learn more about this from a report in the local newspaper.)

When I was kid in elementary school, the local bookmobile would visit my school regularly. I forget now whether it was every week or two weeks or what, but, when it came, it was the highlight of my day. I would regularly check out several books because I liked to read and learn. I would check out fun books and I would check out learning books, and I would read them all before the bookmobile’s next visit.

And now comes clowns (I thought of several other terms to use, but I’ll stick with “clowns”) like this who would deny school children the opportunity to read and learn because they fear that, if children read something, they might learn something. And that, if the children learn something, they might recognize the lies they are being told.

Methinks persons who fear truth are amongst those most to be feared.

Aside:

I can’t blame Farron for getting this wrong, but it’s not “Boat-tort” County. It’s Botetourt (bot’-te-tot) County, named after Lord Botetourt.

I’m a Virginian. I know my state and its history, both the good and the bad.