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Re: 'Parents' rights' group behind Kentucky book bans labeled as extremist by socialist NAZI SPLC
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On 19 Dec 2021, Rudy Canoza <j...@phendrie.con> posted some
news:cPJvJ.107875$6a3....@fx41.iad:
> The SPLC should be burned to the ground. It's nothing but a NAZI hate
> group for leftist fund raising.
A national nonprofit with Kentucky chapters - one of which pushed for the
ban of three books in a Northern Kentucky district - has been labeled as
an anti-government extremist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a
research organization tracking hate and extremism in the United States.
Moms for Liberty, which also has a chapter in Louisville, was added to the
center's list of 1,225 hate and anti-government extremist groups across
the country.
More:A Kentucky school district is not offering 3 books. What to know
about banning efforts
"Thanks in part to its grand disruptions at school board meetings,
political alliances and extremist ties, Moms for Liberty has quickly
become one of the most recognized names in the anti-student inclusion
movement," the center's website says.
It is one of about a dozen right-wing “parents' rights” groups labeled as
extremist in the annual report released Tuesday, including nonprofit
Parents Defending Education, which also has at least one Kentucky chapter.
Kentucky Parents Involved in Education is also listed as an anti-
government group in the report.
The designation is based on longstanding criteria, SPLC Intelligence
Project Director Susan Corke told USA Today. Corke said the grassroots
conservative groups are part of a new front in the battle against
inclusivity in schools, though they are drawing from ideas rooted in age-
old white supremacy.
More:Mirroring national push, 'parents' rights' candidates make play for
JCPS board
“[The movement] is primarily aimed at not wanting to include our hard
history, topics of racism, and a very strong push against teaching
anything having to do with LGBTQ topics in schools,” Corke said. "We saw
this as a very deliberate strategy to go to the local level.”
In addition to its Louisville chapter, Moms for Liberty has chapters in
Boone and Campbell. The group, founded in 2021 in Florida, is "dedicated
to fighting for the survival of America by unifying, educating and
empowering parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of
government," according to its website.
'Dangerous and detrimental':JCPS leaders urged to defy Kentucky's new
anti-trans law
In March, The Courier Journal reported that three books would not be
offered to students in the Campbell County district after they were
questioned by the local chapter of Moms for Liberty.
The move follows a national trend, with nearly 1,700 different books
banned by districts in 32 states last school year, according to PEN
America, a nonprofit focused on literature. Books with LGBTQ+ and/or non-
white characters were banned the most, followed by those that contained
sexual content, according to the nonprofit's report.
The three books that won't be in Campbell County schools each fell under
the top 50 most banned books last year, according to PEN.
Local Moms for Liberty chapters have attempted to and in some cases
succeeded in banning books in North Carolina, Indiana, Tennessee, Iowa,
Pennsylvania and more.
Moms for Liberty did not respond to a request for comment from USA Today
on Tuesday.
Contact reporter Krista Johnson at kjoh...@gannett.com. USA Today
contributed to this report.
https://www.courier-
journal.com/story/news/education/education/2023/06/06/parents-rights-
group-moms-for-liberty-behind-kentucky-book-bans-labeled-by-extremist-
splc/70294867007/
news:cPJvJ.107875$6a3....@fx41.iad:
> The SPLC should be burned to the ground. It's nothing but a NAZI hate
> group for leftist fund raising.
A national nonprofit with Kentucky chapters - one of which pushed for the
ban of three books in a Northern Kentucky district - has been labeled as
an anti-government extremist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a
research organization tracking hate and extremism in the United States.
Moms for Liberty, which also has a chapter in Louisville, was added to the
center's list of 1,225 hate and anti-government extremist groups across
the country.
More:A Kentucky school district is not offering 3 books. What to know
about banning efforts
"Thanks in part to its grand disruptions at school board meetings,
political alliances and extremist ties, Moms for Liberty has quickly
become one of the most recognized names in the anti-student inclusion
movement," the center's website says.
It is one of about a dozen right-wing “parents' rights” groups labeled as
extremist in the annual report released Tuesday, including nonprofit
Parents Defending Education, which also has at least one Kentucky chapter.
Kentucky Parents Involved in Education is also listed as an anti-
government group in the report.
The designation is based on longstanding criteria, SPLC Intelligence
Project Director Susan Corke told USA Today. Corke said the grassroots
conservative groups are part of a new front in the battle against
inclusivity in schools, though they are drawing from ideas rooted in age-
old white supremacy.
More:Mirroring national push, 'parents' rights' candidates make play for
JCPS board
“[The movement] is primarily aimed at not wanting to include our hard
history, topics of racism, and a very strong push against teaching
anything having to do with LGBTQ topics in schools,” Corke said. "We saw
this as a very deliberate strategy to go to the local level.”
In addition to its Louisville chapter, Moms for Liberty has chapters in
Boone and Campbell. The group, founded in 2021 in Florida, is "dedicated
to fighting for the survival of America by unifying, educating and
empowering parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of
government," according to its website.
'Dangerous and detrimental':JCPS leaders urged to defy Kentucky's new
anti-trans law
In March, The Courier Journal reported that three books would not be
offered to students in the Campbell County district after they were
questioned by the local chapter of Moms for Liberty.
The move follows a national trend, with nearly 1,700 different books
banned by districts in 32 states last school year, according to PEN
America, a nonprofit focused on literature. Books with LGBTQ+ and/or non-
white characters were banned the most, followed by those that contained
sexual content, according to the nonprofit's report.
The three books that won't be in Campbell County schools each fell under
the top 50 most banned books last year, according to PEN.
Local Moms for Liberty chapters have attempted to and in some cases
succeeded in banning books in North Carolina, Indiana, Tennessee, Iowa,
Pennsylvania and more.
Moms for Liberty did not respond to a request for comment from USA Today
on Tuesday.
Contact reporter Krista Johnson at kjoh...@gannett.com. USA Today
contributed to this report.
https://www.courier-
journal.com/story/news/education/education/2023/06/06/parents-rights-
group-moms-for-liberty-behind-kentucky-book-bans-labeled-by-extremist-
splc/70294867007/
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