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Hypocrisy


Today was an in-service day at work. We're planning for the next year, doing funny activities, had a speaker, etc.

The speaker was a librarian from an out of state library. She was talking about conflict resolution. She brought up 3 incidents.

1 involved a Dr. Seuss book. It was removed from circulation because some people said it had racist things in it. It was still in the back if someone asked for it, but was deemed "could not be seen by the public."

2 involved 2 separate children's books involving gay relationships. 1 was about 2 kings, the other about a king and a prince.

Incident 1 involved an online story reading about a book in which a king and prince have a relationship. They did not tell parents this was the book that would be read. Some were made and posted their feelings on Facebook. The library ignored it.

Another was about a parent who spotted a book in the children's section. It was about 2 kings in a relationship. ONE woman quietly asked it be labeled. Not pulled or banned, but labeled. The librarian, the same librarian who pulled Dr. Seuss, said labeling books was dangerous.

My jaw dropped. I couldn't believe the blatant hypocrisy and double standard. You can't give parents a choice but have to pull Dr. Seuss? Fucking insanity.

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Have you actually sat down and read a Dr Seuss book? It belongs in the trash along with your post.

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Is it safe to assume you want Huckleberry Finn removed from libraries too because of it's use of certain words?

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@Bloodshot77: Have you actually sat down and read the book about the gay prince and gay king? It belongs in the trash, along with your post and your opinions.

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Why label something you're trying to promote?

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Because there's no harm in saying, "I am comfortable with my children reading this book, you or others may not be." It's no different than a parental advisory label, which CDs that libraries carry have. It's not an unreasonable request at all.

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I don't have any problem with labelling, but you can see why they do is what I mean.

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The same person who takes Dr. Seuss off shelves cannot realistically be mad at someone asking a book to be labeled. That's absurd. It's the epitome of a contradiction and hypocrisy

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Ideology over reality. There's no mystery here. It's all about power...power over you.

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