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I'm sure renaming the Melvil Dewey Medal will do a lot to reduce antisemitism, racism and sexual harassment going forward.
1 posted on 06/30/2019 4:10:48 PM PDT by reaganaut1
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When are they going to re-name all of Senator Byrd’s buildings?


2 posted on 06/30/2019 4:13:30 PM PDT by impactplayer
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Given what the libraries are up to these days, they’ll probably name all their awards after famous pedophiles.


3 posted on 06/30/2019 4:14:56 PM PDT by madprof98
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Ok...When does this building get renamed?


4 posted on 06/30/2019 4:19:25 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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However, Mel does seem to have had a problem about women and boundaries:

Another biography refers to Dewey’s “old nemesis—a persistent inability to control himself around women” as a chronic cause of trouble on the job.[30] For decades, Dewey engaged in “unwelcome hugging, unwelcome touching, certainly unwelcome kissing” with women subordinates and others, according to biographer Wayne A. Wiegand. When Dewey opened his School of Library Economy at Columbia College to women it was rumored that he asked for their bust sizes with their applications. Though the rumor turned out to be false he did require a photograph from each female applicant since “you cannot polish a pumpkin” In 1905 during a 10-day trip to Alaska sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA), a group he co-founded, he made unwelcome advances on four prominent librarians who informed Association officials. As a result, Dewey stepped down from active participation in the ALA.[32] Reports, allegations, and an investigation of Dewey’s inappropriate and offensive behavior directed at women continued for decades after his departure from ALA. In 1930, he paid $2,000 to settle a lawsuit by a former secretary alleging sexual harassment.


5 posted on 06/30/2019 4:21:32 PM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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America’s communist cultural revolution continues. Hell, Dewey was one of them up to his eyeballs. Them throwing him overboard is like Stalin getting rid of Trotsky.

Never give up your guns. The bastards will come for us eventually when they get power


6 posted on 06/30/2019 4:22:05 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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What’s the new name?

Librarians must’ve been different way back when. lol


7 posted on 06/30/2019 4:22:40 PM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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Ok....so nobody born before 2019 can ever have anything named for them??


8 posted on 06/30/2019 4:23:34 PM PDT by ealgeone
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Uh huh. Where do these self righteous people stand on Margaret Sanger?


9 posted on 06/30/2019 4:23:39 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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“for many years women librarians have been the special prey of Mr Dewey..."

There!
That's your problem right there. If he'd only gone after little boys, there wouldn't be a complaint against him today; hymns would be sung about him.

12 posted on 06/30/2019 4:29:20 PM PDT by stormhill
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Since they are getting rid of all printed books-— this is part of the process.... eliminate historical memory and historical content.

BASIC tenet of Communism. He who controls the past/history controls the future. And guess how—it’s done through instant media to instant dumba@@es who question nothing, accept the crap as true.

Elimination of reading and books, of any kind— straight out of Farenheit 451.... Ray Bradbury’s book of the State consficating and destroying all books.... for the good of .... the People. Because books require thought and are too disturbing to the sheeple. Better make sure your family has the real books that teach... download them or buy them... now.


13 posted on 06/30/2019 4:32:55 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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I guess we have to rename the decimal system as well?


14 posted on 06/30/2019 4:35:15 PM PDT by Hatteras
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Alphabetical order is racist to people with an average 80 IQ.


15 posted on 06/30/2019 4:35:22 PM PDT by The Toll
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That was quick

I’m sure he’s decimalated now...


16 posted on 06/30/2019 4:39:19 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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I await the global movement to rescind awards and rename streets and awards in honor of MLK.


19 posted on 06/30/2019 4:49:26 PM PDT by CTyank
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I await the global movement to rescind awards and rename streets and awards in honor of MLK.


20 posted on 06/30/2019 4:55:30 PM PDT by CTyank
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To: reaganaut1

I’m waiting for them to start erasing the names of anyone of import who refused to support transgender rights. Which basically disqualifies anyone prior to 2012.


24 posted on 06/30/2019 5:09:26 PM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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Someone should claim he was a closet fag and had a black ancestor...


28 posted on 06/30/2019 5:35:06 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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MLK, Jr.’s time is coming up. The race of professional victims are going to be very upset.


30 posted on 06/30/2019 5:55:33 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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Not a fan of the Dewey Decimal System. The Library of Congress system is much better.


33 posted on 06/30/2019 6:27:37 PM PDT by PAR35
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Heads up.


35 posted on 06/30/2019 7:10:47 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (NRT, NewRome Tacitus, just don't call me late to dinner.)
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