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This reads like the sort of self-congratulatory articles journalists were fond of writing about themselves in the late-2010s, just as public trust in journalism
by lurk2 2y ago
This reads like the sort of self-congratulatory articles journalists were fond of writing about themselves in the late-2010s, just as public trust in journalism was reaching an all-time low.
I suspect the same thing is happening with librarians as they’ve begun to abandon all pretence of being impartial guardians of information in favor of larping as members of The Resistance. Ironically, the experts never seem to learn that you can only play this game for so long before no one cares what you have to say anymore.
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoResistance against book banners has always been part of their core ideology, there is nothing new about that.
- lurk2 2y agoThey are not resisting anything.
- altcognito 2y agohttps://www.ala.org/advocacy/fight-censorship https://www.ala.org/advocacy/fight-censorship https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/librarians-find-themselves-on-the-frontline-battling-against-censorship/ https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/librarians-f... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/03/libraries-trump-federal-funding-cuts/82598580007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/03/libr...
- FrontierProject 2y agoNothing huh? I guess I'm hallucinating a literal percentage point of the country hitting the streets every weekend.
- anannymoose 2y agoNo one is banning books, you can go buy as many copies as you want yourself and no one will come for them or you. Forced spending on garbage content is not a human right.
- spartanatreyu 2y ago> No one is banning books This is the part where you lost everyone
- hitekker 2y agoI thought you were harsh, but then I read this piece: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-school-board-library-book-weeding-1.6964332 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-school-board-lib... It's dispiriting to see librarians distort a normal process (deaccession) to cover up their own book banning.
- defrost 2y agoIn the article librarians talk about the normal process of weeding out old books, duplicates of rare accesses, etc. The article itself contrasts that with school boards directing librarians to remove far more than tha regular weeding. The boards set policy that the librarians are compelled to follow or risk being fired.
- remram 2y agoThis is not written by either a journalist or a librarian, so I don't understand your comment at all.
- lurk2 2y ago> This is not written by either a journalist or a librarian I never claimed that it was.
- selfhoster 2y agoAgreed, I'm glad you stated it so eloquently. I was going to comment but it would have been a more guttural reaction and not well received I'm sure.