Come and Take It!

As attacks on libraries, librarians, and books escalate, I think it's time to be a bit more defiant. This image takes inspiration from the banner created for the Battle of Gonzalez during the Texas Revolution.

In general, words on a flag are a terrible design choice and you should never, ever do it. I'm willing to allow an exception here. That Texian flag has also been updated by various groups over the years. The cannon is often replaced by a rifle to represent defiance to regulatory overreach against guns and gun owners. I am also a fan of Deterrence Dispensed, and they have a version, too. There was even a coronavirus meme with a roll of toilet paper! I think that elevates this from historical footnote to full-fledged meme.

Freedom is one piece, and anyone who claims a need to infringe anywhere should be seen as suspect. Books, guns, weed, it's all interconnected. The more they make excuses saying it's "for the children," because of "public safety," or to "protect the vulnerable," the more you should suspect their honeyed words are a veneer of decency covering tyrannical intentions.

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