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Nope. You want a Library, you get a Library. A Library is a cache of information and knowledge, and it is guaranteed at least some is going to be disagreeable t
by salawat 4y ago
Nope. You want a Library, you get a Library. A Library is a cache of information and knowledge, and it is guaranteed at least some is going to be disagreeable to you. That's a certainty. Knowledge hurts, or is otherwise unpleasant and character challenging at times. That's the point!
The same reason the Public University is viewed as being a bastion for the free exercise and pursuit of controversial ideas, so too is the Public Library.
I will never understand the mentality that makes people think Libraries are there to please you, or serve as ideological echo chambers. It's like you've never spoken with a Librarian before.
- Dalewyn 4y agoI think you're misunderstanding where I stand. I don't disagree with the purpose of a library, which is to collect and exhibit information as curated by librarians for the purposes of enriching the public; whether the public likes it or not. The problem here is, while libraries have a right to collect and exhibit whatever they please, in this case the library is doing so using tax dollars. This means that the taxpayers, the public, has an authoritative say on how the library operates with that money. So the taxpayers, being dissatisfied with the way their tax dollars were being used, rightfully voted to cut off further funding. The library is free to exercise its right to free expression, but it got told to do so on its own dime. Essentially, anything that operates off of Other Peoples' Money(tm) operates at the pleasure of those people. Certain rights can and should be exercised by such institutions, but the Other Peoples can also choose to then redirect their money elsewhere because it's their money and they rightfully get to choose how it's spent.