inching closer, republicans have done a good job getting up fear and outrage over culture issues. states like texas, mississippi, missouri and tennessee are using their favorite new tool, banning books as a way of purging things that make them feel achy. it just so happens that those things have to do with black, brown, and lgbtq+ issues. let s take a beat and remember that this is the party that love to accuse democrats of being cancel happy snowflakes or always so deep in their feelings. well, please meet cattle, pot. texas has been at the forefront of the book banning business because state republicans are falling all over themselves to burnish their maga bona fetus. while they would like you to believe that this is an organic movement, many are being egged on by right wing advocacy groups who are rebounding their anti-intellectual, anti-history antics as parents rights. and targeting public schools. they just never mention which parents rights they are actually fighting for. you ca