Canada’s “Freedom to Read” week was all about promoting censorship.
As Big Brother says, “Ignorance is Strength.”
It all began with a rather anodyne opinion piece written in a local paper by a librarian. She expressed the unthinkable: libraries should be ideologically neutral, using the principle of viewpoint diversity to stock their shelves.
You can follow the links and read it for yourself. The “controversial” column is a rather timid call to promote free expression by including books from many viewpoints rather than enforcing a narrow progressive orthodoxy on libraries. By firing her, the board has proved her point https://t.co/IOHmpbAfWV
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) March 21, 2024
This is, apparently, contrary to the values of her library board, and she was fired.
The library insists that they respect Cathy Simpson’s right to think what she wants, as long as she…
