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IrishAyes

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5. There are a lot of people I don't care for in this tiny town in RedNeckLand,

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2013, 12:03 AM

Nov 2013

But the librarian isn't one of them. I like her a lot, and most of her assistants also. Over almost 8 years there've only been two who were hateful. They'd smile at me okay, but with such hate in their eyes and venom in their voices that I felt like I was in church.

Almost sorry for saying that. Just because some people are unbearable doesn't mean most are.

Personally, I'd be willing to bet it's the influence of all those books seeping into people whether read or not. A library's simply one of the most civilizing influences on earth, even if they're not particularly well funded or operated.

Gotta be those books.

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I was steamed to see our local library featuring two anti-Obama screeds ... [View all] eppur_se_muova Nov 2013 OP

Oh, that's great! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2013 #1

Actually I'd put them in the trash, where it belongs.. Buddha_of_Wisdom Nov 2013 #2

Yeah, a librarian that's a repub in this day and age is Cha Nov 2013 #3

Meh. It's a public library, right? Adam-Bomb Nov 2013 #4

There are a lot of people I don't care for in this tiny town in RedNeckLand, IrishAyes Nov 2013 #5