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I still wonder the same after you pointed out that chunk - are the people currently in vogue there at the library making decisions on what to carry and what to highlight and what to down-display based upon their ideology stretching?
In fact pointing out this chunk makes it more of a concern.
I personally believe library people have a very important and very tough job, and much like paramedics if you can't do it fairly you should step into a different role.
I have immense love for libraries, and books, and evolving discussions and thoughts.
I even noticed that the author has posts dating back to 2012, which makes me more curious about decisions they may have been involved in since then, and what classes or other ideology may have shifted, perhaps a big shift occurred after 2016 or 2020 - I find it very interesting.
My main concern is that they hold a position of power in the library.
I also believe moves like this tend to reflect on the brand of the school, and those who have said school on their resumes / linkedin, etc.
If this person was posting this as part of their liberal arts dei studies dept it would not be the same concerns.
Anyhow, I did read it - admittedly I paused and eyes glazed over for moments when I got to the part about "protests of 2020 were overwhelmingly peaceful" - and then when they said "We here in the libraries are world-weary and sophisticated."
So yeah - like I said before, "Glad to see openness like this."
as far as "you’re not even going to read the post? To earn upvotes or something? " - I actually believed I'd get more brigaded downvotes than upvotes - and at the moment that rings more true than the opposite.
I'm not on HN for votes, I don't have any way of monetizing them, no one I know knows what hn votes are about.
I occasionally offer another view point to add to a discussion, not trying gather the likes of any tribe. I hope to add a view that others may not have considered before, and I enjoy reading others for the same.