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I was a public reference librarian for a couple of years and can't believe what is now happening with the conservative furor over books, libraries, and librarians.
@MargaretSefton They seem like very fearful people. Afraid of knowledge, of change, of difference, of anything they don't understand.
@CaraBruar This article is great and you can listen to the audio version. I love the tactic a library is taking to have those challenging books fill out an extensive form which indeed challenges the challengers: ie, have they read the book, etc. It's about three pages. Brilliant. It's a way to depressurize the situation a bit and discourage the showboaters. Still, I can't imagine trying to work in the face of daily public harassment. That must be incredibly difficult. https://newrepublic.com/article/170920/conservative-book-bans-libraries-fighting-back
@MargaretSefton Thank you, that is an extremely informative article. Librarians have to be very brave these days, I respect that.