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I'm confused. The conservative position should be that libraries, being maintained by the government, have a requirement to provide any and all media requested,
by joshuamorton 3y ago
I'm confused. The conservative position should be that libraries, being maintained by the government, have a requirement to provide any and all media requested, unless it is strictly illegal. If I and my fellow citizens ask my library to maintain a collection of literal erotica, what right do you or anyone else have to prevent that?
Isn't doing so a violation of the implied first amendment right to access to information?
- tjpnz 3y agoPresumably that was the Republican position up until relatively recently.
- mindslight 3y agoYou are correct that this is the exact same dynamic as "big tech" censorship. This topic pertains to the de jure government [0], which should make freedom of speech as codified in the first amendment more relevant. Your mistake is expecting consistency from a group that has devolved to seeing hypocrisy as a virtue. It's no longer about lofty ideas and the categorical imperative, but rather fake bravado strong men pushing half-baked agendas to demonstrate naked power. [0] (being a libertarian I believe there is a strong argument that the tech monopolies constitute de facto government. but that isn't even relevant here)
- rayiner 3y agoThat’s libertarians.