CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates debated the merits of removing protections for public librarians and school librarians from criminal prosecution in the off chance a minor encounters books and content some consider to be obscene. The House passed House Bill 4654 – removing bona fide schools, public libraries, and museums from the […]

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates debated the merits of removing protections for public librarians and school librarians from criminal prosecution in the off chance a minor encounters books and content some consider to be obscene.

    • bostonbananarama@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Speaking of gerrymandering, a lot of folks don’t realize that it also affects statewide offices like US senators or the governor because it makes people like me feel like our votes don’t matter.

      This is incredibly stupid. Not trying to be rude, but need to be honest. First of all, statewide elections aren’t actually affected by gerrymandering, which you obviously know, so I’m not sure why you all would be discouraged from voting for statewide offices.

      More importantly, gerrymandering is accomplished by diluting super majority districts with the opposing party from neighboring districts. This makes the formerly supermajority District much easier to flip, along with the previously leaning minority District. So organize and get out the vote, and you can flip multiple districts.

        • bostonbananarama@lemmy.world
          11·
          8 months ago

          you’re failing to take into account how many people are told and believe that since Texas is a red state that what they’re doing doesn’t matter. That breeds a group of apathetic folks.

          This is why Dems need to do more groundwork, knock on doors and get out the vote drives. Need to increase turnout numbers.

          Everything is easy if you’re not the one doing it. If you can’t share the secret of how you’ve personally done what you call easy then maybe you shouldn’t assume we’re just not doing it

          This is where reading comprehension really helps. If district A used to be 75% Republican and district B was 40% Republican before gerrymandering, and after gerrymandering district A is 55% Republican and District B is 60% Republican, guess what math tells us? It is now easier to flip District A! You don’t need to turnout 50,000 Dems (as an example), maybe now you only need to turnout an additional 10,000. Gerrymandering makes safe districts much closer to contested districts.

          I’m not trying to be rude, but come show me how YOU do it or go fuck yourself.

          Seems like you are trying to be rude. But you’re saying that gerrymandering affects statewide races, so I can’t possibly care about rudeness from a moron with poor reading comprehension.

          Texas is a cesspool of Republican shit stains. Your school boards routinely try to make textbooks anti-science and anti-history. Your AG has been under indictment for about a decade. And now your state is stripping women of their rights to bodily autonomy. That’s just scratching the surface of the fuckery, I haven’t even mentioned your electric grid or plans at secession.

          If after all that you’re too lazy or apathetic to vote, and to organize others to vote, then yes, you’re incredibly stupid and you deserve what you’ve got.