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We should all be deeply suspicious of those who want to cut funding or support to libraries - be they school, public or other. Libraries, of all types, are safe places for the most vulnerable among us. They provide a vast array of services to those people most of us... [THREAD]
won't make eye contact with: the homeless, the mentally ill, those formerly incarcerated or suffering from addiction, etc. But above all, libraries provide everyone, regardless of their race, religion, gender, orientation or income with FREE access to the most powerful...
commodity in the universe: information. Libraries remain the one lasting egalitarian institution in a world in which almost every exchange has become a transaction. And this matters, because too many systems are already gamed to provide those with the most resources with even...
more. And because an ignorant populace is easiest to control. Even if you've never stepped foot in your local public library, even if your child never mentions the library in their school, you are affected by the many ways they contribute to the health and prosperity of...
your community. We need libraries now more than ever. And they need us. People in power, at all levels, who propose cutting support for libraries need to hear the message that we need libraries, we value libraries and that we are willing to fight for them. /END
