CROSS POST: The Library Battle is Not a Local Fight

 By David Rice

UTurn's recent article attacking Echo Schneider's fitness to serve as library board president represents a departure from balanced journalism in favor of guilt by association tactics. While attempting to raise concerns about library governance, the article relies heavily on personal attacks and tenuous connections rather than examining Schneider's actual performance or qualifications.

The current controversy extends far beyond local issues though . As reported by Them: "Republican officials in at least eight states are pushing to completely withdraw from the American Library Association (ALA)... Montana State Library Commission withdrew all state libraries from ALA membership" (Riedel, 2023)

• Arizona

• Idaho

• Illinois

• Georgia

• Louisiana

• South Carolina

• Wyoming

• Montana (already withdrawn)

Montana State Library Commission's specific reasoning for leaving the ALA is because the supposedly storied organization "undermines the shared goals of Montana libraries.”

Further, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio, Kevin Cramer, and Mike Braun demanded suspension of federal funding.

American Library Association Controversy

The UTurn article ignores the significant context that eight states are currently considering withdrawing from the ALA, with Montana having already done so. This exodus follows the ALA president's self-identification as a "Marxist lesbian" and concerns about the organization's ideological shift. Many library professionals seek alternatives for professional development and policy guidance while maintaining core library principles.

ALA President Emily Drabinski's tweet: "I just cannot believe that a Marxist lesbian who believes that collective power is possible to build and can be wielded for a better world is the president-elect of [the ALA]. I am so excited for what we will do together. Solidarity!"

Historical Context of Marxism in Practice

To understand the justifiable concerns about institutional Marxism, it's important to note documented historical impacts:

The Black Book of Communism (Harvard University Press, 1997) compiled death tolls under Marxist regimes [I requested Christian County Library add this book to their collection but was denied.]:

• USSR: 20 million deaths

• China: 65 million deaths

• Vietnam: 1 million deaths

• North Korea: 2 million deaths

• Cambodia: 2 million deaths

• Eastern Europe: 1 million deaths

• Latin America: 150,000 deaths

• Africa: 1.7 million deaths

• Afghanistan: 1.5 million deaths

These numbers provide context for why many Americans are concerned about institutional embrace of Marxist ideology.

World Library Association

Rather than evaluate the WLA's stated goals or achievements, UTurn attempts to discredit it through selective portrayal of certain members. The organization appears focused on providing alternative resources for libraries seeking local control over policies - a legitimate aim in library governance.

• The WLA's stated mission focuses on:

• Local control over library policies

• Professional development alternatives

• Community standards in collection development

• Transparent governance processes

From their website: "Our mission is simple, Your Library, Your Way™. We make best practice suggestions, you decide whether to use them."

Echo Schneider's Record

Notably absent from UTurn's coverage is any substantive criticism of Schneider's actual work as board president. Instead, the article relies on attacking others associated with WLA and implying guilt through these connections. This approach sidesteps fundamental questions about her competence and performance.

Notable absences from UTurn's coverage include:

- Any specific criticisms of her board decisions

- Evidence of policy violations

- Complaints about her leadership

- Problems with her qualifications

Instead, UTurn relies on guilt by association through:

- Links to unrelated individuals

- Speculation about motives

- Attacks on WLA members

- Mischaracterization of professional affiliations

Assassination Tactics

The article employs several concerning techniques:

• Uses the tragic suicide of Shawn McBreairty to attack others

  • UTurn wants to tell us about the high rate of suicide among Trans teens. What about the high rate of suicide among men?

• Presents one-sided allegations against Vicki Baggett without evidence or response

  • They never quote Vicki or give evidence of racism from anything she actually says.

  • The articles that malign her use the same tactics as UTurn.

• Characterizes Dan Kleinman's criticism of public figures as harassment

  The lawsuit against Dan Kleinman for exposing the work of Amanda Jones, a public figure who entered the fight on behalf of the ALA demonstrates that the ALA will use Lawfare to defend themselves rather than Free Speech and Public Discourse.

  
  
  

  • Portrays Bruce Friedman's legal challenges as inherently illegitimate

    • Alternately, if Friedman was a leftist, they might have said, using the system to fight the system is brilliant.

    • It’s how you defeat an unjust system. You can’t win against a bureaucracy more interested in reelections than in children by fighting it fairly.

 

A More Balanced View:

A fair examination would:

• Focus on Schneider's actual decisions and leadership

• Consider legitimate debates about ALA's current direction

• Acknowledge that professional associations can have diverse membership

• Evaluate library policies based on their merits rather than personal attacks

The article ultimately fails to make a case against Schneider's fitness to serve, instead relying on character assassination by proxy. In doing so, it undermines rather than advances important discussions about library governance and community standards.

Analysis of UTurn's Coverage: Logical Fallacies and Source Review

Guilt by Association Fallacies

UTurn attempts to discredit Echo Schneider through WLA membership without addressing her performance:

"Echo Schneider (fka Alexzander), is a 'Team Member' of the 'World Library Association'. This new group's apparent goal is to damage the oldest, largest, and most respected library association in the world" (UTurn article)

This ignores that, as reported in the Gillette News Record:

"What I would like to see for it is that it be a resource for librarians, as well as those who want to make their libraries more conservative" (Bear, quoted in Gallardo, 2023)

Using McBreairty's death to taint Echo & WLA:

In 2024, Shawn McBrearity passed away. He took his own life. In the UTurn article, they state, “He’s also famous for baiting and suing multiple school districts in Maine. McBrearity died by self inflicted gunshot in June 2024.” Without taking a break, UTurn ties his suicide directly to his activism against radical school districts.

 

In another article, Uturn links to, it makes accusations against McBreairty that can’t be established. "It's not known whether Shawn McBreairty saw MFM's 'Attack' video during that time, but it seems likely he would have at least heard about it" (Busby, 2018)

This last quotation from Busby represents pure speculation presented as fact and neither Busby nor UTurn wants want you to dig deeper.

Ad Hominem Attacks

Against Dan Kleinman:

The defamation and false light lawsuit appears aimed at silencing criticism of public officials. As reported in Library Journal:

"Jones is still awaiting judgment on the re-petition of her original case in Louisiana, spent a year considering taking action against Kleinman before finally deciding to sue him" (O'Brien & Weidmayer, 2024)

Against Vicki Baggett:

The allegations rely entirely on unverified student claims. From Popular Information:

"Popular Information previously reported that, in 2015, Baggett posted an image of the Confederate Flag to her Facebook page" (Legum & Crosby, 2022)

However, no direct evidence of classroom misconduct is provided beyond student allegations. No quotes are provided of racism. Getting all of the information second-hand is some evidence, but what they have as direct quotes is not racism. None of the students provided direct quotes or video evidence about her beliefs related to intermarriage between people with different skin color. For these types of accusations, we need an exceptionally high standard of evidence. We cannot accept the word of people anymore.

False Equivalence

Equating ALA membership with endorsement of all member views:

The Gillette News Record reports a more nuanced reality:

"Butler said it's meant to give people a choice, and he likened it to car companies... 'Some people like Fords, some people like Chevys, and right now the only dealership you've got in town is a Ford'" (Gallardo, 2023).

The ALA is an organization that represents some Librarians. It is not homogeneous, nor is it the only one. To say it is the only one is a misrepresentation of nearly nine other organizations out there, some of them just as radical as the ALA. Why would it be wrong for some Libraries to have a place to go that doesn’t have the radical or Marxist beliefs that the ALA espouses? Shouldn’t Librarians have more than one politburo to apply to? More than one Commissar?

Previously, Dan Kleinman was accused of calling for Censoring of books, but he challenged the ALA writer, Marta L. Magnuson, and she conceded the points. Maybe UTurn in Education will concede they were wrong for using these fallacies against Echo Schneider and apologize as Ms. Magnuson did?

 

Conclusion

UTurn's coverage fails basic journalistic standards by:

• Ignoring relevant context

• Using guilt by association

• Presenting selective evidence

• Engaging in character assassination

• Avoiding substantive policy discussion

The broader debate about library governance deserves better than partisan attacks masquerading as journalism. Whenever I write about UTurn, I diligently work to apply the highest level of journalistic standards. I try to use these guidelines more and more in my writing for journalism, notwithstanding when I do Satire which is a separate animal.

I do so because they claim that we have no journalistic ethics on our side. UTurn’s article on Echo was demonstrably a hit piece with no journalistic integrity or value. It lacked any truth. It doesn’t frame the issue for why Echo shouldn’t be a board member or the Board president in a substantive way.

They have no arguments for or against Echo in their article beyond she has associated herself with patriots who fight against the Sexually Exploitative Material in our Libraries. Good on Echo, then. Shame on UTurn for supporting the wrong side of this issue once again.

I’ll begin to close with a quotation from Heterodoxy in the Stacks:

"Yet, I can't help but think the sheer, litigious drama of the years-long battle was high in emotion and low on results" (Dudley, 2024)

If we would have a more productive dialogue about library governance rather than personal attacks, maybe there wouldn’t be the need for a WLA or for heroes like Echo Schneider. 

Because the ALA has made that impossible and will continue to support directly or indirectly lawfare against anyone that stands against them, we need heroes in the Library standing against these Character Assassinations by people who lost their love for humanity a long time ago.

There be dragons in the stacks…

 You can access Rice's article by clicking here:

Journalism or Character Assassination: A Response to UTurn's Library Board Coverage by David Rice

Reform Under Fire: How Institutions Fight Back Against Library Independence.

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Hypocrisy on Steroids

 

By Gretchen Garrity

U-Turn in Education, a local progressive group, has written an article titled “Regarding Christian County Library Trustees.” While no one claims authorship, the article says the library “is having troubles due to an outside group.”

Immediately attacking Library Board of Trustee President Echo Schneider, the unnamed author claims Schneider is part of a plot to discredit the American Library Association. The ALA has been discrediting themselves with their bogus “Right to Read,” “Library Bill of Rights,” Marxist presidents, and so on.

The elderly Chicago ALA has had her clothes in tatters for some time. Advocating that all library patrons, regardless of age, should have access to all library materials will do that. Parents and citizens are not buying her wares.

In an appeal to authority, the article states, “This new group’s apparent goal is to damage the oldest, largest, and most respected library association in the world…likely as part of sowing distrust in American institutions for political gain.”

Board members who have stepped up to serve on a local board, with no pay and a contentious public, are “part of sowing distrust in American institutions for political gain.” Gotcha.

The article then questions Schneider’s supposed complicity or her being “duped” in this nefarious plot to attack the ALA. The “outside group” named is the World Library Association, a very new organization that the Connecticut Centinal described at the group’s debut: “Library watchdog Dan Kleinman has just launched the much-needed World Library Association (WLA) to compete with the Marxist-led American Library Association (ALA), which has come under fire most recently for a potential First Amendment violation over its attempt to silence Brave Books, while at the same time promoting highly sexualized "Drag Queen Story Hours" at public libraries across the country."

You can read more about the WLA HERE.

At any rate, the unnamed author then attacks the county commissioners for not properly vetting candidates. In another appeal to authority, they accuse the commissioners of “exclud[ing] expert input...breaking with 66 years of tradition.”

EveryLibrary either not knowing or misrepresenting the truth.

  

The Christian County Library’s policy handbook reads like a manual from the ALA—that outside group from Chicago, wink wink. These are the experts to which the library board apparently looks to when assessing fitness for a position on the Library Board of Trustees. But, according to the Missouri Public Library Trustee Manual, page 62, recommending new trustees is predicated on a trusted relationship with current board members. “Your influence and that of the director depends on how trustees are seen by the [appointing] officials. If your library is running well, serving well, is well-regarded by the people with whom officials talk, then the trustee should have a voice in new appointments.”

Considering that the public has had a contentious relationship with the Board of Trustees over the past two years, it is commendable that the commissioners took upon themselves the vetting process.

That some people seem unhappy with the present board is reflective of their own issues, and not that of the commissioners or the board. State law is also clear about the appointment process—it belongs with the appointing body.

Click on image for clarity

  

Describing board president Schneider as a “transplant from Oregon,” the unnamed author seems to suggest there is something wrong with a Missouri citizen who was not born and bred here. That is provincialism. It has no place here. We are all citizens of the United States. And when we move to and establish residency in a state, we exercise the same rights as a citizen born in that state. Was this intended as a slur against Schneider?

If they actually knew Schneider, they would reconsider their attack. Not only is she very well and widely known in our community, but she has been tireless in making connections and friends, and in serving her fellow man through several public avenues.

U-TURN’S ASSOCIATION WITH “OUTSIDE GROUPS”

U-Turn in Education is insinuating that Schneider is a member of the WLA in order to somehow harm the ALA, instead of supporting an alternative option.

WLA founder Dan Kleinman, who has been advocating for safe libraries for decades, is now suffering the scourge of lawfare. It is not surprising that a far left local group would frame their attack on a Christian County Library board member in such a way as to impugn her motives and attempt to harm her reputation. 

Calling the WLA an “outside group,” the unnamed author fails to come clean about several outside groups U-Turn is involved with. Each of these groups is involved in attacking local control of our institutions. Let’s take a look shall we?

The Missouri Association of School Librarians is a chapter of the American Association of School Librarians, which is the ALA. (Note: Clicking on the image makes enlarges and makes them clearer.)

 

And here is U-Turn describing PEN America as friends:

 

PEN America is suffering a bit from apparent elitism among its members. Read HERE. More HERE from the NYT. Dissension in the leftist ranks.

U-Turn is also friends with Unite Against Book Bans, which is a partner with the ALA, the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State. All far left national organizations. Outside groups, if you will.

 

U-Turn also refers to the Missouri ACLU as “our friend.” And then there is Fight for the First, an organization tied to EveryLibrary, which is tied to the ALA. U-Turn, is in fact, a chapter of EveryLibrary. You can read more about them HERE.

 

Here, the outside group EveryLibrary calls for signers to the petition against the board of trustees on their X account:

 

Instead of considering the community’s commitment to keep children safe in our libraries, and looking for ways to come together, the leftists in our community are doubling down on pernicious and personal attacks and overlooking influences from "outside groups" within their own organization. It’s the Chicago Way. 

Let us hope and pray it does not become the Missouri Way.

It's About Local Control

By Gretchen Garrity 

 

“So Chicago wants to retain control of Nixa.” -- Dan Kleinman

 

Sign their petition - https://t.co/3qdC6c3Aae https://t.co/g2LZq0H95b

— EveryLibrary (@EveryLibrary) August 29, 2024

The Christian County Library Board of Trustees has made a first move to restore trust and repair relations with the public. After nearly two years of refusal to engage the issue of sexually explicit and vulgar books being placed in the children and teen sections of the library, the board has voted to replace President Allyson Tuckness and to expand citizens’ ability to publicly comment.

You can see the motion, discussion and vote here beginning at the 50:40 minute mark:

 The board action to replace Tuckness caused an immediate reaction from not only opponents in the audience, but with a local progressive group, U-Turn in Education, and national groups like Every Library, a group associated with the American Library Association (which is based in Chicago), as well as the organization Book Riot.

 

This is the nightmare that was unleashed last evening. We are actively working today onward to develop a plan to address this insanity in a productive and meaningful way. https://t.co/fLXxGNRNvC

— UTurninEducation (@UTurninEdu) August 28, 2024

A reporter was also present at the library, Susan Wade, who wrote a story for the Springfield Daily Citizen HERE. The board did NOT vote “to implement a system of placing stickers on books...” as the article states. 

The board voted to have Executive Director Renee Brumett provide a list of LGBTQ+ subject headings from the Library of Congress catalog system, and potential book spine labels used by library vendors. The approved motion also requested that books already challenged be included with subject headings on the list Brumett will provide.

The board is researching the feasibility of a labeling system, it has not implemented one. Though the library does currently already use ratings for patron awareness of subject matters including genres and categorizations, this would not be a net new system change for them. More detail below.

LOCAL CONTROL IS THE KEY

There is a small but vocal and active group of locals who have opposed any changes within the county library system. They are composed of mostly progressives who are invested in a political ideology that is contrary to Christian County’s community values. Some of them have connections with larger organizations whose ultimate goal is to overturn the existing cultural and political order.

 

Reaction from: Book Riot

Here is how they work. The large and well-funded national organizations find and fund small local groups, who are activated when their political and social hegemony in schools and libraries are threatened. These small groups (like U-Turn in Education, headed by local professor and activist Elizabeth Dudash-Buskirk) call on the larger organizations for help when needed. Name-calling commences. The press is activated. Petitions are drawn up. Lies are spread. Lawsuits are commenced. 

It's how they operate. But once you see it, you can't unsee it. This is exactly what happened almost immediately after the August 27, 2024 board of trustee meeting.

Here is the petition from Fight For the First.

Here are the lies: "Not only were the actions on August 7th in violation of the bylaws, the illegal move also irresponsibly leaves the library without proper signing authorities on the bank account."

EXAMINING THE BY-LAWS

Did the board of trustees violate their by-laws by voting in a new slate of officers? The by-laws state that board officers are elected in December. But there is nothing to exclude electing officers at other times of the year, as appropriate. Hence, at the July 2023 board of trustee meeting, a president, vice-president, and treasurer were all elected. In December of 2023, when the regular election happened, the same slate was merely re-affirmed.

Since board appointments happen in July, there is often an officer shuffle. So, elections happen at other times of the year as needed and appropriate. No one seemed concerned about check signing when a new board member was appointed last July as treasurer.

 At the end of the Tuesday slate election on August 27, the executive director was (~ minute 56:40) asked to confirm if there would be a negative impact on the ability to have checks promptly signed as was implied (~ minute 51:15).  She was not immediately aware of any concerns but would research to be sure. 

The following Friday, August 30, the check signing process continued as normal (weekly signing had been occurring weekly on that day) without interruption. So instead of a question being asked of whether there might be an impact to financial operations to ensure they were not disrupted, false statements were made and have been found to be untrue.

MORE ON THE STICKERS

Horrors: A sticker

At the board meeting, one individual, Amy Hoogstraet, professed horror at the thought of labeling books with identifying stickers. You can see her speak during the public comment of the meeting video above.

This is an interesting angle, since the library itself advertises LGBTQ+ books with stickers as demonstrated below, and other identifying information. In fact, the library proudly displays books with such themes.

Another sticker

 Libraries have often identified Christian-themed books with dove stickers. There were stickers that identified mystery books, too. And books that have been honored by one organization or another. This is not new, and it is not discriminatory.

Pronoun buttons to wear seen at the CCL

 The issue is not stickers. The issue is the push to impose an agenda on children beginning as young as 0-2 years of age. The library has hundreds of books with age-inappropriate themes of sexuality, gender ideology, Critical Race Theory, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion indoctrination, and so on.

Hyped up reaction

This indoctrination is harming children, whose parents often have no idea of what is happening in their schools or what books are being laced into the libraries. Even large book publishers are getting in the local fight because it affects their bottom line. Without a pipeline from publisher to schools and libraries, it is likely many of these books would not be published and pushed on children.

Using arguments like "book banning," privacy rights, access, uncertain case law, and "free speech" these activists work in concert with local libraries and others to keep control over the content of library collections. And they are bent on selling an agenda that most people do not want their children exposed to before they are emotionally and physically capable of handling such content.

As an aside, many libraries are engaged in weeding out classic books that build character, have immense literary quality, and reinforce timeless values. You can count on one hand the number of complete Christian Scriptures in the Christian County Library's four branches. This is not a mistake.

The threat of lawsuits begins

 As the furor grows regarding the audacity of a board to reassert local control of its library, it is helpful to take with a grain of salt what activists, the media and national organizations are saying about the situation. Come to the library meetings and see for yourself what is actually happening. You might be surprised to see it is quite different than its portrayal by progressive activists.

Meetings happen on the fourth Tuesday of each month, but note November and December meeting dates are different, so always check the website here to confirm. Next month's meeting is September 24, 2024, at 6 p.m. in Nixa.

Note: In the interests of full disclosure, I am related to John Garrity, the newest board member of the library board of trustees.

It's All Connected

From: EveryLibrary

By Gretchen Garrity

 The intrepid Dan Kleinman, founder of the World Library Association and author of the blog Safe Libraries, has exposed yet another aspect of how the American Library Association (ALA) and its sister organizations like EveryLibrary reach into local communities to undermine their values and indoctrinate children.

Their latest effort is called "Fight for the First!" which is designed to get activists, students, and citizens behind an effort to "protect" the First Amendment. To the ALA, the First Amendment means that children have the right to read smut. They have the right to find it all over the shelves of the children's section. They have a right to have it hanging it out in the teen section like little mental bombs to confuse children and deprive parents of their rights to curate what their children see, and when they see it.

According to Kleinman:

"You know, if ALA is bribing local acolytes with money to affect local political issues, shouldn't the public be able to obtain Freedom of Information Act requests from ALA, FTRF, EveryLibrary even if they aren't government bodies?  It's Sunshine Week, so I'm asking.  Anyone know?  All this money is being spent to sway public law.  Isn't the public entitled to see this?

Nowadays the method of bribery (but not the bribes themselves) is out in the open, and its detailed.  Money.  Consulting.  Online fundraising tools.  Media attention.  Training and resources "that you need to win."  And by "win," ALA means the community loses.  All free.  

 

It's all a fake facade, all astroturf.  'Nearly 100 communities have launched campaigns against book bans.'  Click on the links in the ALA/EveryLibrary tweets to see if your own community has been corrupted with ALA bribery.  Mine has."

 

Go here to read it all and see what kind of support is given to local activists to usurp our community institutions: ALA Details Bribes to Convince Governments to Sell Out Children

 

IT'S HERE, TOO 

And what do you know, Christian County has its own start up group, The Nixa First Amendment Defense Group, aka U-turn in Education:

 

From: Fight for the First

U-turn in Education has been very active in opposing the relocating of materials unsuitable for children out of both the public library and local school libraries. In fact, the name of the individual who has signed on to "Fight for the First!" is a local parent affiliated with U-Turn in Education. She was quoted in 2022 in a News-leader article: "Jeanne Coburn, a parent and part of the U-Turn group, said she supports parents being actively involved in schools and the education of the their children. But, she resents parents pushing to restrict or remove books from an entire library.

"It's a parent's right to decide what their children are exposed to," Coburn said. "But it's not some (other) parent's right to decide what my child is going to be exposed to."

https://x.com/EveryLibrary/status/1767536291946639380?s=Apparently, Coburn doesn't understand that placing explicit, vulgar, and other such books in a school or public library IS giving others the right to expose your child to them. None of these books are banned. They are widely available elsewhere. Parents have a reasonable expectation that a taxpayer institution will follow community standards and leave such books to parental guidance on their own time and their own dime.

BACK TO THE ALA AND EVERYLIBRARY

The ALA has thrown everything into the "Free Speech" bucket. Granted, it gets traction with unaware citizens. However, there are enough activated community members in many areas who understand the lies inherent in the ALA agenda.

It has nothing to do with free speech. It has everything to do with the Marxist fist you see in the tweets linked in Kleinman's article. If the ALA and its allies in libraries cannot get their agendas into the hands of children, they won't get the revolution they are seeking.

Demoralizing children and youth is a feature, not a bug. If it wasn't a huge deal to the Marxists, they wouldn't be pushing so hard to make sure Critical Theory and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion brainwashing is in the schools and public libraries.

The dots all connect. This is a top-down operation that citizens in Christian County are experiencing. Why did RTWO receive a mountain of gibberish data when requesting public information about communication between the ALA and its subsidiaries and the Christian County Library last year?

 

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Using Kids to Sell a Narrative

 

By Gretchen Garrity

Nixa student group pushes "banned" books

In August, education reporter Claudette Riley of the Springfield News-Leader, teased her readers with a tweet from X (formerly Twitter) about some local students who had "reached out" to her.

Met tonight with a group of high school students for an upcoming story. They were articulate, passionate and interesting. So happy they reached out. pic.twitter.com/8LpQLrTCHB

— Claudette Riley (@CRileyNL) August 15, 2023

Back in June 2023, after months of citizen interface with the Nixa School Board about sexually explicit and pornographic books available to students, the school board voted to remove four books from the school library. Later, another book was retained.

Groups like U-Turn in Education, positively featured by Riley in an October 2022 article, have been active in working to prevent the removal of obscene and pornographic books from school and public libraries. In fact, U-Turn is heavily involved in the student group featured in Riley's article.

The teaser tweet finally came to fruition Sept. 27 in an article titled 'It's not their library.' Nixa High School students form group to fight book ban attempts.'

'It's not their library.' Nixa High School students form group to fight future book ban attempts from parents, community members. https://t.co/AK0Dfb2LfY via @springfieldNL @nixaschools @PENamerica #BannedBooksWeek

— Claudette Riley (@CRileyNL) September 27, 2023

 According to the article, a group of little Lord and Lady Fauntleroys has been fighting valiantly against  devilish parents that are attempting to keep literature out of their hearts and minds. The students are described as "calm" and "reasonable" while adults called the school board "names and made ugly comments leveled at students, other adults and high school librarians."

(As an aside, Nixa School Board President Josh Roberts may want to clarify his comments. He is surely not aware of everything that goes on in the school board meetings, since he sits apart from citizens.)

Nixa student group links to Marxist bookstore

This type of accusation is a common tactic of the Left, and has been in play in articles about our local area for months now. In several articles, children are being put on the front lines of the battle for parental rights. It can't be about smut in our schools. It can't be about protecting children or letting parents decide what books their children will be exposed to. It has to be about mean adults taking away a child's right to read.

See here and here and here. Once you see the tactics, you can't unsee it. The latest article in the News-Leader is ramping up the narrative.

 

U-Turn in Education linked from Nixa student group

Thankfully, few citizens are buying what they're selling. And if you want to find out what U-Turn in Education thinks about parent rights, go here to see how they subvert them.

In fact, at least one of the four founding members of the student group, Nixa Students Against Book Restrictions, has parents involved in U-Turn. And U-Turn is linked at the top of the SABR Instagram page. 

For some intelligent commentary about the article, Nick Reed featured it on his show The Nick Reed Podcast on 104.1 KSGF. And for a little humor:

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