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>Now they have to deal with mental health episodes, the homelessness crisis, and random violence And people who have jumped on the right-wing bandwagon trying

>Now they have to deal with mental health episodes, the homelessness crisis, and random violence And people who have jumped on the right-wing bandwagon trying to censor and control libraries have siezed on this, blaming libraries for endangering children. Really shameful behavior. Rather than solve social problems, let's demonize the few places where all people, if they behave themselves, are welcome.

ochoseis 3y ago
I love that I live in a city with a robust library system. I can borrow books online, and check out books from distant branches by having them moved to my local one. The last time I actually went into my local branch to do some focused reading every chair and table was filled with other folks doing the same thing. That is, except for one whole table that a homeless guy had commandeered to lay out his belongings, and was circling and grunting. The guy clearly needed the kind of help you’re not going to find in a library. My city shelters everyone, and has a generous safety net. I don’t know what else to do, but realized the library isn’t the place to go for a library-like atmosphere. Luckily the library cordons off the children’s section on a separate floor where adults aren’t generally permitted.
seneca 3y ago
> And people who have jumped on the right-wing bandwagon trying to censor and control libraries have siezed on this, blaming libraries for endangering children. Really shameful behavior. When shared social resources are turned into political operatives, it's not the fault of the opposition when they are attacked. If you want something to be treated as neutral, it needs to act with neutrality.
- 2301421898 3y ago
  > If you want something to be treated as neutral, it needs to act with neutrality. What constitutes "neutrality" is constantly changing. In order to remain politically neutral, in recent years, one would need to increasingly censor themselves. For example, in 2019, wearing N95s during wildfire season to avoid inhaling smoke wasn't politically charged. Some people would wear them when outside and others didn't--nobody cared. This month, with wildfire smoke in the air, it has now become political (and decidedly not neutral) to say what was said in 2019--that N95s can help protect you from wildfire smoke.
  - wrycoder 3y ago
    Well, they can. You’ll notice the smoke when you take it off. Now, if you virtuously don one at the first faint hint of smoke, be my guest. But, don’t give me the stink eye, if I don’t.
PKop 3y ago
Libraries have become dangerous harassment centers where drug addicts and people with mental problems congregate and assault normal people wanting to read books... and it's the group the opposes this, says it is absurd and should not be accepted and who want to get these people the hell out of the libraries who should feel shame? No, I propose it is those that enable this problem and degrade our public spaces who should be ashamed.

ochoseis 3y ago

I love that I live in a city with a robust library system. I can borrow books online, and check out books from distant branches by having them moved to my local one. The last time I actually went into my local branch to do some focused reading every chair and table was filled with other folks doing the same thing. That is, except for one whole table that a homeless guy had commandeered to lay out his belongings, and was circling and grunting. The guy clearly needed the kind of help you’re not going to find in a library. My city shelters everyone, and has a generous safety net. I don’t know what else to do, but realized the library isn’t the place to go for a library-like atmosphere. Luckily the library cordons off the children’s section on a separate floor where adults aren’t generally permitted.

seneca 3y ago

> And people who have jumped on the right-wing bandwagon trying to censor and control libraries have siezed on this, blaming libraries for endangering children. Really shameful behavior. When shared social resources are turned into political operatives, it's not the fault of the opposition when they are attacked. If you want something to be treated as neutral, it needs to act with neutrality.

2301421898 3y ago
> If you want something to be treated as neutral, it needs to act with neutrality. What constitutes "neutrality" is constantly changing. In order to remain politically neutral, in recent years, one would need to increasingly censor themselves. For example, in 2019, wearing N95s during wildfire season to avoid inhaling smoke wasn't politically charged. Some people would wear them when outside and others didn't--nobody cared. This month, with wildfire smoke in the air, it has now become political (and decidedly not neutral) to say what was said in 2019--that N95s can help protect you from wildfire smoke.
- wrycoder 3y ago
  Well, they can. You’ll notice the smoke when you take it off. Now, if you virtuously don one at the first faint hint of smoke, be my guest. But, don’t give me the stink eye, if I don’t.

PKop 3y ago

Libraries have become dangerous harassment centers where drug addicts and people with mental problems congregate and assault normal people wanting to read books... and it's the group the opposes this, says it is absurd and should not be accepted and who want to get these people the hell out of the libraries who should feel shame? No, I propose it is those that enable this problem and degrade our public spaces who should be ashamed.