First they came for the librarians...

Jan 11, 2008 13:16

This is unbelieveable:

Remember when librarians used to be caricatured as stern matrons telling us all to shush up while we were at the library? That is, until they took on a front-line fight defending the civil liberties of Americans who just want to read books (or use computers). We all owe a debt to those librarians fighting against PATRIOT Act ( Read more... )

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mundungus42 January 11 2008, 20:25:38 UTC
Gawd. It's like Umbridge v. McGonagall in "Career Advice."

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rattlesnakeroot January 12 2008, 02:48:16 UTC
Holy Macaroni! That's rather shocking.

I used to work as a librarian way back when, and I have alot of friends in that profession. I've never met a librarian who wasn't pro-freedom of speech and anti-censorship.

What does the FBI think? That Librarians are actually terrorists in disguise, and they are going to sell secrets to some foreign agents? Good Grief!

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