Librarians are the nicest people. Moms for Liberty is a hate group.

“The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance.”

Carl Sagan

At a board meeting in October, one angry resident claimed her personal survey of the teen section revealed 60% of the books were “witchcraft.” Another said Gillette’s library had become an “indoctrination center.”

No one should listen to these lunatics. Sadly, they make it imperative that we pay very. Lose attention.

As an outsider I'm always amazed at that "land of the free" that is insistent on censoring stuff, and "home of the brave" that will run through the mud someone standing for freedom and having principles.

Reposting my comment from a while ago, with some edits:

The library I work at has had Moms for Liberty attend several meetings demanding we withdraw books that are against their beliefs, no specific titles, just a general demand. This would include anything on LGBTQ+, children’s books with rainbows, our Banned Books display, and anything promoting voting and civics education. More recently, they want us to stop holding some events, including adult focused events about race relations in the Midwest, and we should no longer host any programs funded by State and Federal grants. Lastly, they have said we need to stop allowing the staff from joining ALA or the state library association.

If any of these restrictions or censorship upsets you at all, please attend a library board meeting and voice your support for the library. Some even let you write in. Groups like MFL make it a point to attend a lot of the meetings in hopes to get their way, and it’s working.

Idk who told conservatives about libraries but if we had just kept quiet about them they never would have even realized they still existed.

Now they are complaining about libraries having books in them. They won't be happy until they are empty concrete rooms. Such a pitiful shame they can't see the objective value of libraries.

They are actually banning books in the US. Guys. I think you have a problem

I dont understand, like how is the government compelled to break its own laws. Isnt library under free speech. I dont understand how such a failure of our institutions was able to happen.

Whenever I see people trying to remove books about minorities conservatives hate, I check the catalogue of the library in question.

Sure is funny how often there's a copy of Mein Kampf on the shelves that no conservative ever has any problem with.

“Sure, we’re a red community in a red state, but a lot of the people who have real roots here are angry that the library has been attacked.”

Yeah sounds more like a "Leopards ate my face" article than a real news story.

I remember reading a gay coming-of-age book about a young man struggling to find *out who he was, and communicate that to his traditional father.

I'm not even LGBTQ+, but that book was incredible, and I learned a lot from it...

Librarians are heroes, so of course the GOP treats them like dirt.

This sucks. I have a spot on my shelf reserved for banned books. Whenever I used to see a new banned book pop up in the news, I’d go grab a copy. It happens so often now I can’t keep up anymore. I hope the librarian lands on their feet maybe moves to an area that appreciates the amazing service they’re providing.

Conservatives have chosen a really sustainable political path with these culture wars: https://www.axios.com/2022/02/17/lgbtq-generation-z-gallup

Quick, save the kids ! They cannot know how to make babies ! it's not, uh... natural ! or something

Fascist USA

Since when does a town have the authority to fire a librarian?