From downstairs:

re: #421 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

they are a good target, but the main effort is directed at disenfranchising voters of color

The original hysteria was directed against CRT. As terrible as their transphobic attacks are, it’s an effort to distract from their primary target: people of color. The focus on banning books about LGBTQ allows them to escape scrutiny of their racism, which has poisoned our nation from its inception. Just like RW Christians operating segregationist academies in the late 1970’s decided to adoption a “pro-life” stand to avoid criticism for their real white supremacist agenda, these people are using anti-LGBT rhetoric (which is part of their philosophy) to mask their real racist strategy.