Salem librarians report patrons trashing, hiding LGBTQ+ books in past year

https://www.salemreporter.com/2024/09/19/salem-librarians-report-patrons-trashing-hiding-lgbtq-books-in-past-year/

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southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 1y

You know, I reject moral absolutism, but this is one case where I feel fine saying that this is a form of evil. It's absolutely, 100% wrong, no matter what the book is. You never, ever destroy things in a library. Period, and that even goes for stuff I'd object to in other contexts.

It's one of those things where once you cross that line, you've become something horrible.

henfredemars@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 1y

On the whole people are so disrespectful.

Jank@literature.cafe · 4 pts · 1y

Remember, it's not any being anti LGBTQ+, that would be terrible. It's about catching TOP SECRET BUT SOMEHOW COMPLETELY PUBLIC PORNOGRAPHY..

...It just happens to always involve any LGBTQ+ books and anything that discusses that sexy sexy Holocaust.

massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I'm pretty sure they can be count with one hand.

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y

So the cases should go through the system quicker. They need to Amazon in a new copy and start their community service doing maintenance work.