Librarians disrupt a conservative event at a library

[Shaul]

Swimmer Riley Gaines and actor Kirk Cameron held a book reading and promotion event at a Tennessee library. The library staff actively attempted to disrupt the event, apparently due to political differences.

Swimmer Riley Gaines: ‘Obnoxious’ librarians disrupted event over politics

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Fire them all. They work for the public and have no business doing political activism on the public dime.

 

[Shaul]

Fire them all. They work for the public and have no business doing political activism on the public dime.

According to the article the library director Allan Morales was removed by the library board.

 

[Twilight Hue]

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Fire them all. They work for the public and have no business doing political activism on the public dime.

Exactly. All those librarians has desecrated the primary sacred oath of staying quiet in this esteemed institution.

 

[Father Heathen]

I agree. It was inappropriate and uncalled for behavior. Now if only people's outrage wasn't selective.

 

[blü 2]

Swimmer Riley Gaines and actor Kirk Cameron held a book reading and promotion event at a Tennessee library. The library staff actively attempted to disrupt the event, apparently due to political differences.

Swimmer Riley Gaines: ‘Obnoxious’ librarians disrupted event over politics

Why on earth did they want to have a political meeting in a library?

Down at the comix shop would be more natural.

 

[Debater Slayer]

I don't think public libraries should dictate what reading events are about beyond universal rules that apply to everyone regardless of political views. The reading event shouldn't have been disrupted, and doing so wouldn't address the root causes of extremist hatemongering anyway.

That said, I found this part quite ironic:

The athlete claimed the women working in the library were ”just intentionally being disrespectful and obnoxious to disrupt what we were doing.”

It's inherently disrespectful to preach against the rights of other groups, so I don't really think people who do that have much room to talk about "disrespect." I would say the disruption was unprofessional and pointless, however.

 

[Guitar's Cry]

I wonder if the librarians brought bananas.

 

[Father Heathen]

That said, I found this part quite ironic:

It's inherently disrespectful to preach against the rights of other groups, so I don't really think people who do that have much room to talk about "disrespect." I would say the disruption was unprofessional and pointless, however.

Right. They demand something they would never reciprocate.

Also, if it were an event pertaining to LGBT rights, and library staff disrupted it over political reasons, I don't doubt that some in this thread would flipflop their reaction.

 

[We Never Know]

Right. They demand something they would never reciprocate.

Also, if it were an event pertaining to LGBT rights, and library staff disrupted it over political reasons, I don't doubt that some in this thread would flipflop their reaction.

"Also, if"

Aren't you the one who doesn't like "if's"?
Aren't they some kind of mongering?

 

[Father Heathen]

"Also, if"

Aren't you the one who doesn't like "if's"?
Aren't they some kind of mongering?

What are you babbling about?

 

[We Never Know]

What are you babbling about?

I'm reminding you of your babblings.

Aren't you the one who doesn't like "if's"?
Aren't they some kind of mongering?

 

[Father Heathen]

I'm reminding you of your babblings.

Aren't you the one who doesn't like "if's"?
Aren't they some kind of mongering?

Example?

What would making a prediction based on habitual hypocrisy have to with "mongering"?

Don't be cryptic. Sac up and spit it out.

 

[We Never Know]

Example?

What would making a prediction based on habitual hypocrisy have to with "mongering"?

Don't be cryptic. Sac up and spit it out.

About the same as what would making a prediction based on human history have to with "mongering"?

 

[Father Heathen]

About the same as what would making a prediction based on human history have to with "mongering"?

Cool beans.

 

[We Never Know]

Cool beans.

Beans! Funny you mention beans. Just today I made a crockpot full of ham and beans. With the cornbread, it was a delicious supper

 

[Father Heathen]

Beans! Funny you mention beans. Just today I made a crockpot full of ham and beans. With the cornbread, it was a delicious supper

 

[Debater Slayer]

Right. They demand something they would never reciprocate.

Also, if it were an event pertaining to LGBT rights, and library staff disrupted it over political reasons, I don't doubt that some in this thread would flipflop their reaction.

I don't know about this thread, but in general, political double standards have been blatantly obvious regarding multiple issues in the last few years. I think humans have always had tribalistic tendencies leading to inconsistency, but the internet has given this much more visibility and more accessibility to unfiltered nastiness.

 

[Shaul]

Why on earth did they want to have a political meeting in a library?

Down at the comix shop would be more natural.

It wasn't a political meeting. Read the article. It was a book reading.

 

[blü 2]

It wasn't a political meeting. Read the article. It was a book reading.

I understood it to be a political book. Was I wrong?