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Yea that quote worked before "free speech" became the cloak fascism uses to spread.
Leaving aside the horrific way people treat these libraries and the people who work and volunteer there...
​>The tax in question is about $24 on houses with a market value of over $250,000.
People who squeal about paying $24 a year to give their community the literal world at their fingertips can fuck right off. >

Starting in 2010 they did the same thing with school teachers. We were shunned from churches (treated poorly) because my wife was a teacher. >

How very Christian of them! >

"Love thy neighbor unless they disagree with your political beliefs."
-Jesus apparently >

He is risen...his Gadsden flag to stab people with. >

Libraries are supposed to be magical places for kids to discover, imagine and help them decide their place in the world as they learn more about it. Librarians help with that journey. 
This angers me to no end. I loved my small-town library growing up and one of the reasons I have the level of empathy that I do was because of the books I read, with no “banning”, no pulling controversial books and the ability to ask questions without judgement. >

Libraries are one of the few true "third places" in most communities, where there is no expectation of spending money. It's vital that we keep these special places alive and thriving. >

That's why they want them gone. >

That's why capitalists want them gone
Why do religious folks want them gone?
For the latter I'd say the reason is the same as why they want public education gone. To them more secular education means less religious education and more religious education means less secular education. They view the world as a zero sum game, and they want to win >

Whenever somebody wants to ban something or at least make it too difficult or expensive for normal people to own or use, I always ask who has the most to gain from it. Just saying. >

Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."