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When the culture wars come for the public library
- barathr 4y agoCarnegie called libraries "palaces for the people" and that investment in libraries across the country created Third Places for people that in some communities are the only ones left. (This is something Klinenberg explored in his book by the same name.) There's an opportunity for someone to continue Carnegie's legacy and fund and build anew libraries that continue that tradition but also make Third Place-ness central to their mission.
- rektide 4y agoBad people came for the library. People with meanness & smallness in their hearts.
- nathanaldensr 4y agoCare to describe who these bad people are? I've been to public libraries in several states known for vastly different politics and have seen the same things: quiet, calm people, old folks, and mothers with kids.
- cocacola1 4y agoI think OP was referring to the people that are trying to shut down libraries.
- rektide 4y agoYes. As I said, people coming for, not coming to. To come for something is an expression meaning you're going to take it away from wherever or whomever has it. In this case, to take libraries away from regular & good citizens who've been using these treasured 3rd spaces for decades. And the librarians who've done so much to care for these treasures.
- CamperBob2 4y ago[flagged]
- pstuart 4y agoIt's vexing to discuss issues like these because at their nature they're quite partisan, but the calling out is simply an acknowledgement rather than a partisan response.
- CamperBob2 4y agoExactly. It's not a both-sides kind of thing. Not anymore.
- duderoso 4y agoCome to library meetings in our town and you will see people screaming and being removed from the building. not an exaggeration. problem is not the patrons, so much as the ones trying to control the content available
- dgeiser13 4y agoHe means bad people came to get rid of the libraries.
- aaron695 4y ago[dead]