A right-wing journalist used a photo of Nazis burning books as she advocated to ban LGBTQ+ literature, calling it “filth”. In a short clip circulating Twitter, Our America News (OAN) TV reporter and host of Tipping Point, Kara McKinney, stated: “Democrats try to use their outsize media influence to redirect the anger of voters over the idea of book banning to Republicans.” She said Democrats are employing the “Saul Alinsky Rules for Radicals tactic of accusing your political opponent of what you’re doing yourself”. During this rant McKinney used an image of Nazis burning literature to drive her point. Despite her speech on Democrats being the real villain in the book banning discourse, she went on to argue for book banning as well. “I think banning pornographic books from school libraries was not only justifiable, it’s the only moral option,” she said. Yes, McKinney is using a photo of Nazi youth partaking in a book burning to argue that banning LGBTQ books in public schools is good. She says banning these books “is not only justifiable but the only moral option, it’s our duty in fact to purge our schools of such filth” pic.twitter.com/TeLOxkngFW — MMA (@Emmamae143) August 23, 2022 The “pornographic books” McKinney is referring to are LGBTQ-themed ones. It comes as right-wing bigots have been calling novels with elements of queer material “pornographic”. In November 2021, Republican governor of Texas Greg Abbott sent a letter to the state school association board asking for “obscene” and “pornographic” content to be removed. Across the United States there has been an uptick in book banning discourse. And PEN America found books that were banned disproportionately featured LGBTQ+ characters or storylines. A woman even called the police on a school library for stocking a queer graphic novel. McKinney’s sentiments are in line with the bigoted approach many conservatives are taking to books that don’t align with heterosexuality.
via pinknews: Right-wing journalist uses Nazi book-burning picture while calling LGBTQ+ books ‘filth’