Well before playing Geordi La Forge on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” LeVar Burton was encouraging children to read in the iconic “Reading Rainbow.” I remember watching the show as a youngster in the ’80s and have had tremendous respect for Burton’s commitment to encouraging children to read. But that respect is out the window now.
Burton hosted the National Book Awards this week and remarked at the opening of the ceremony, “Before we get going, are there any Moms for Liberty in the house? No? Good. Then hands will not need to be thrown tonight.”
LeVar Burton threatened physical violence against Moms for Liberty at last night’s National Book Awards ceremony.
“Are there any Moms for Liberty in the house? No? Good. Then hands will not need to be thrown tonight.” pic.twitter.com/dSVUFClBqu
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) November 16, 2023
Why did Burton joke about assaulting members of Moms for Liberty? What did this group do that was so horrible that Burton had to, apropos of nothing, trash them at the National Book Awards? Well, he mentioned Moms for Liberty in an interview with Esquire before the National Book Awards.
“In these…
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