tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post853665073018574418..comments2024-03-28T04:49:07.788-04:00Comments on SafeLibraries®: ALA Censors with Gay AbandonSafeLibraries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-21159373146581190762009-08-13T14:01:26.089-04:002009-08-13T14:01:26.089-04:00Is it that you didn't understand my questions ...Is it that you didn't understand my questions or that, since all your blog does is repost things other have written, you don't want to? I am confused. <br /><br />What you said about book reviews, Scott Savage and ex-gays didn't read like native-born English. Are you having a problem with your Blogger connection?<br /><br />-ChuckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-26286152924594229752009-08-12T17:56:20.416-04:002009-08-12T17:56:20.416-04:00Chuck, thanks for writing.
I merely republished a...Chuck, thanks for writing.<br /><br />I merely republished another article. I believe you can comment there. <br /><br />Certainly you are not suggesting that I must only reprint things with which I agree 100%.<br /><br />But the Annoyed Librarian does point out the obvious, namely, the sources libraries use to judge books would themselves never deign to review books such as those in question. Hence the libraries use that as the excuse to "censor" out such books.<br /><br />Look at the recent months-long string of books topping the New York Times lists. They are conservative in nature so no mainstream media is actually running any reviews of the books. Like they don't exist. Think of our government asking citizens to turn in fellow citizens. No media is covering that. Like it doesn't exist.<br /><br />Sounds familiar? No reviewing sources review such books so few libraries add them to the collection. Like they don't exist.<br /><br />Do you see anything fair in that? Chuck, think of basic fairness. Libraries have hundreds of book going one way and none going the other. Is that fair?<br /><br />Recall how OSU librarian Scott Savage was savaged for being “hateful” and “homophobic” for merely suggesting a reading list for incoming freshmen be balanced with certain books. “<a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6327150.html" rel="nofollow">Librarian’s Book Choice Sparks Controversy at Ohio State’s Mansfield Campus</a>,” <i>Library Journal</i>, 25 Apr 2006. The ALA joined in the gangbang by intentionally refusing to assist Scott Savage in his efforts to provide balance. Read the persecuted librarian’s story in his own words: “<a href="http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50115" rel="nofollow">Persecuted Librarian Censored Again</a>,” by <b>Scott Savage</b>, <i>WorldNetDaily</i>, 9 May 2006. However, the <a href="http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=389" rel="nofollow">ALA just lauded that library for looking pretty</a>. Priorities are priorities, I guess.<br /><br />Is fairness no longer important? Chuck, where is the basic justice in this? Can anyone be so agenda driven that fairness and justice become irrelevant? <br /><br />Can anyone legitimately argue for intellectual freedom (say for ex-gays or for jailed Cuban librarians) when intellectual freedom (of, say, ex-gays or jailed Cuban librarians) is suppressed by those same advocates, repeatedly, year after year?SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-18072503520701409062009-08-12T17:08:20.578-04:002009-08-12T17:08:20.578-04:00Is it your contention that libraries should includ...Is it your contention that libraries should include any book they are asked to include? Any book at all? <br /><br />More accurately: is it your position that libraries should exercise no restraint at all or that they should exercise no discretion in just the "gay repatriation" literature? <br /><br />-ChuckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com