Anyone who is stupid enough to walk into a public library today, which have morphed over the years into little castles of liberal thought and indoctrination, deserves exactly what he gets.
That’s largely true on the whole, but it’s not always so around here, but I live in the Bible Belt. About eight years ago I donated thousands of dollars worth of conservative Christian books and conservative political and economic books to an inner city library in Memphis. I know the librarian and she is a very conservative Christian who had mentioned their need for such books. She made a special section near the front for them and her staff regularly directed patrons to them. Today those books are nearly worn out. They have been the most commonly checked out materials in that branch.
Also, I live in a Memphis suburb and the librarian here is a Christian, too. I’ve never donated anything, but she buys a lot of Christian books and doesn’t push the liberal propaganda that many libraries push.
Sadly, a huge percentage of library users today go not for books, but for Internet access or to look for jobs.
I have two family members that work for them.
The stuff that is being printed as “kids books” that they are getting today would make people hurl.
It's true that most librarians are liberal and the American Library Association is dominated by liberals and leftists. However, I have about 15 library cards and I can find just about any book I want in a public library.
If I see a title that interests me, I'll look it up on the Worldcat database and then go to the library which has it. For older materials, I'll look in catalog of the Los Angeles Public Library, which doesn't weed its older materials as aggressively as other libraries, but which does not have all of its collection on Worldcat.
Nuts.
Libraries carry all sorts of books. The classics of philosophy, literature, history, science. If you can’t find a particular book or author, the librarians will order it for you through their inter-library loan service.
It’s what they do.
Every library I know of sponsors a “Banned Books Week” as a warning against political correctness and totalitarianism. The Bible is invariably featured front and center, along with Brave New World, Nineteen Eighty-Four and Hucleberry Finn, etc.
Too many people now get their “educations” from whatever is “trending” on the internet. The internet is only a half notch away from television indoctrination. Sure, there is good information out there to be found, but without any basis or reference point, how would a person know to look up, say, John Locke or the Federalist Papers, or the Higgs boson?
Wandering through the shelves full of unfamiliar names and ideas in a library, though, incites a person’s curiosity. You can’t help wondering, “What’s this about?” as you pick up the book and give it a skim.
Advising people to avoid libraries? Shame on you.
My fancy, new local library looks nice on the outside but upon closer inspection is staffed and occupied by ghetto people and homeless bums who surf p0rn on the computers.
Your tax dollars paid for that.