Nominated by Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in 2016,
<>Carla Hayden's term was set to expire next year,
<>she was the first woman and the first African American in the role.
My experience with libraries in my career was the same, that they became woke and politically biased left. I found Librarians were almost universally democrats and usually far left ones from my somewhat limited experience (especially after 2000 or so).
Matter of fact thanks to them I own a fairly extensive library. Mostly military history but some classics as well like Defoe’s history, the Journal of The Plague Year (1722) or Russian Short Stories (1919) and many others. Over time they eliminated old books and classics (often in perfect shape) and replaced them with “modern” readings.
They would sit these great pieces of literature out on the discard racks and trash them in a few days, which is where I would pick them up. Often I noticed these liberal librarians would fill the slots with LGBTQ friendly themes and a bunch of fluff like the very popular Hunger Games, Or woke nonsense like “Heather Has Two Mommies” .
“ the first woman and the first African American in the role.”
Well, that explains why the dems are upset. They do love their “firsts”.
Can’t say I have direct knowledge of this, except when I was in a school board I did hear a rant by a librarian one time that the organizational system used in libraries was “racist” and some new fangled method that hid Western and Judeo-Christian thought was far superior.
I voted against her, but lost.
Nominated by Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in 2016,
<>Carla Hayden's term was set to expire next year,
<>she was the first woman and the first African American in the role.
As the man who put this woman in her role as “Librarian Of Congress” says, “elections have consequences”.
Perhaps she can recall that considering her role.
I saw her on CSPAN during COVID and she made it obvious that she was a DEI hire.
Dems erupt because Trump _______ (fill in the blank).
I hear that lieutenant Bookman will be promoted to Library of Congress Cop.
My daughter is Christian and conservative. She is an expert of children’s literature and has worked in a library and also managed the children’s book department at a large bookstore.
Her plan was to become a librarian. It stupidly requires a masters degree. Most of the course work is indoctrination. The income doesn’t justify the cost of the degree so she gave up that idea. It’s too bad. We need strong people like her to stem the tide of insanity but they’ve made it nearly impossible.
My wife was a librarian in a deep blue state for 20 years. I attended several events with her and her colleagues and asked how she could stand being around that nonsense (LGTBQ+, radical left, avowed socialists, etc.). She said she loved books and the liked many of the customers of the library system. God bless her, I likely would have been fired.
“Dems Erupt”. Always a good sign.
The libraries in my area have also eliminated many older books and added newer trash.Was especially sad to find 1898 Sherlock Holmes gone.
Their policy is books not checked out within some period of time are removed to clear shelf space.
I have no perspective on Hayden per se — nor do most people including most of us here — but there is a right way and a wrong way to fire someone. And that goes double for a high profile firing, as this will be.
First, you don’t do it by email. The appropriate person should have called her in and had a hopefully civil conversation, presenting some reasons why it is time for a change.
Secondly, you give some reasons. Whether these are made public or kept private can vary with the circumstances. If she’s being fired for cause, say so and be specific. If it’s nothing personal but is simply a purge of everyone fireable who was appointed by a democrat because elections have consequences, say so — and make it clear that it’s not personal.
In the best case, have a specific, reasonably detailed change agenda and explain that you are seeking someone better suited to carry it out. Ideally you would already have a candidate lined up. “We’re changing strategic direction, and we want a change agent to execute the plan. Thank you for your service, but you are too tied to the status quo we are trying to uproot.”
Hayden is not a simple political appointee. She was appointed by Obama, but she was appointed to an office with a fixed term of service, and she was duly confirmed by the Senate. I do not know how the precedents stack up here, but this was a change in the Librarian of Congress position effected during the Obama years, and perhaps that’s the hook on which to hang the firing: “Obama and the democrats on the Hill politicized the position (over Republican objection?), and if that’s the case, we’re establishing the ‘turnabout is fair play’ rule. Perhaps we should reconsider what was done back then, but the democrats politicized this job, and as long as that’s the case, it has to work both ways.”
I’m fine with doing this for any and all of the above reasons, but I’m not fine with a peremptory firing without cause, or doing it by email rather than in person. This is a high ranking position. Absent some outrage, do it decently. This approach simply opens Trump up to unnecessary criticism.
I have no idea what the private conversations might have been, but there was probably a lot to be said for simply letting her term expire and replacing her at that time — or at least before the 2026 election to ensure that Republicans still hold the Senate. Ideally it would be done in a way that reinforces the presumption that Trump’s appointee will be able to serve out his or her full ten year term. But that aside, there is no reason to give the dems ammo by doing this carelessly and tactlessly. No need to make the first black female LOC a martyr. There are more important battles to fight. No need to create media sideshows.
“My experience with libraries in my career was the same, that they became woke and politically biased left. I found Librarians were almost universally democrats and usually far left ones from my somewhat limited experience (especially after 2000 or so).”
Even more than that, in the earlier days of the Internet, librarians fought tooth-and-nail for kids to have access to PORNOGRAPHY in our libraries. Today, they invite DRAG QUEENS to our libraries.
I’d be thrilled to see them ALL shut down and today’s librarians told to “learn to code”.
Love it, fire all of these woke deep state plants.
Congratulations on yet another first! The first black woman to be fired from this position.
Phfft.
I have bought some great books when the library clears their shelves. A friend bought, “History of the Great War, North and South” for a buck. It had been donated from a small private collection of a man in town. It had been signed by Governor Blair of Michigan. The staff wanted the book back, and Dave said, nothing doing - you’ll just sell it next year.
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