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   Michael Dudley on 2019-11-05 at 11:04 am

   Excellent statement — principled and balanced. There must be open public venues for debates about human rights and how they are to be equitably distributed by governments, institutions and agencies to balance the needs of all concerned, especially when these rights are newly-enshrined in law and are still being negotiated and tested. In an increasingly polarized political environment the public library is perfectly situated to fill this role. Condemning, protesting or boycotting a public library for fulfilling its commitment to intellectual freedom is anti-democratic. The struggle for trans rights is not well-served by such tactics, for if progressive and democratic institutions like public libraries are not permitted to have this conversation then the only voices that will are those on the social conservative/religious right, which are generally hostile to their cause.

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