LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY fragiletender)

After being stunned by the Prairie Muffin manifesto that pretentioustfu posted, I went off and explored some of the author's blog. This was an unfortunate thing to do before breakfast since to my complete horror, she actually advocates the demise of public libraries. I was so shocked that I can still feel my brain reeling inside my skull. I had no idea that these Dominionist idiots don't believe in public libraries. I knew they often challenged books within libraries but I didn't know there was a school of thought that libraries should be shut down altogether or at least not publicly funded.


Barbarians!

"I know that libraries are a sensitive issue because so many of us (with me it’s past tense) use them, but they are not necessary like roads (and airports and mail service)"

Not a necessary? Not frelling necessary? Excuse me while I spit bile for a while. Libraries might not be necessary to brain dead morons who are only interested in living in their self contained little world but the rest of us are educated and civilised beings. I consider libraries a damn site more useful and necessary than airports, thanks all the same.

What about the poor kids who don't have access to books or who have parents who don't think that books and reading are important. It's all very well to say that parents should be providing that stuff for their kids but not all parents do. Of course, I'm a wishy washy liberal who believes in government hand outs (because we do, you know, pay TAXES for them), so what do I know?

If you don't want to pay taxes, have anything to do with the government or take part in the world in any way, then knock yourselves out. Go live in your weird little enclaves and don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. You won't be missed. Just stop trying to influence and control the rest of us.

Frankly, I think these people are just bloody evil and they can sod right off. To paraphrase: you can have my library card when you pry it from my cold dead hands!

Sigh, I've just read that this woman doesn't believe that women should vote. What on earth can you do with these people? I can't even begin to have conversations with them, they're so far away from me mentally that it's almost like they're a different species. I am completely staggered and dumbfounded, I really am.

x-posted to my own journal