A Liminal Space

 "A library is a sacred place because books are, in a way, a collection of consciousness. They aren’t just ink, pages, and shelves. Each volume contains the preserved mind of another human being, allowing us to transcend the limitations of time and space to connect with thoughts not our own." -- David Rice

David Rice has penned a well-researched article about libraries, and the two different spaces they occupy in our culture. Secular and sacred. Secular in the sense that libraries are a repository of human knowledge and should widely reflect many points of view. Sacred in the sense that the collected wisdom--the good, the true, and the beautiful--are to be housed for our benefit and cherished as an indelible part of our culture.

When one viewpoint rules in a library, it is no longer about knowledge or wisdom. It becomes about indoctrination and agendas and frankly, tyranny.

"The circulation facts show that most books remain on the shelf while only a handful are circulated. This “80/20 rule” observed in library science, where roughly 80% of circulation comes from about 20% of the collection, reveals something profound about these institutions. But who gets to decide which knowledge is needed? Librarians? Or publishers?" -- David Rice

 An interesting fact, no? For an example of what certain groups and publishers heavily push into libraries one need look no further than Our Queerest Shelves, a newsletter put out by Book Riot. Book Riot and the American Library Association are mutual admirers, of course.

Libraries, for the Left, are no longer about knowledge unless it is their knowledge. It is no longer about wisdom unless it is their wisdom. From a recent newsletter comes this Marxist drivel:

"But reading is not enough. There are many ways each of us can fight against the rise of fascism, white supremacy, and anti-trans ideology across the globe—and those are all linked." -- Danika Ellis

Ellis is decrying the UK's court decision that one's sex is determined by the genitals one has at birth. She actively urges readers to not only buy and read books by and about transgender people, but that one needs to protest, donate to transition funding, get involved politically, and so on. She follows with a list of books that promote and celebrate transgenderism.

This is what David exposes in his article--that libraries have become temples to foreign ideologies. Some librarians have become high priests and priestesses, asserting their authority to fundamentally change the mission and focus of these liminal spaces.

"What makes this situation especially troubling is that the silenced patrons are the very ones funding these institutions. Their tax dollars pay for both the collection of objectionable materials and the salaries of the fragmented minds who curate them—yet their concerns are dismissed as irrelevant or dangerous to 'intellectual freedom.'” -- David Rice

If a library is publicly-funded, it belongs to the people as a whole, and not a small coterie of "experts" bent on implementing political and social change.

Read his article HERE. You will be smarter for having done so.