RESPONSE TO LIBRARIAN KELLEY AFTER HE WAS ASSAILED BY CANCEL CULTURE TOTALITARIANS (FOR AN EMAIL THAT LED TO HIS FIRING)

Hi Ron,

I work in XXXXXXXXX. When I read your email, it brought a huge smile to my face and it gave me hope that not everyone in the library world has been doctrine to think a certain way and push their views onto others. I don’t understand the constant need to scream about how diverse we are. Its our job to serve our communities, no matter what race, religion, gender or non-gender you are. If we didn’t we wouldn’t have jobs, duh! Unfortunately, it’s only going to get worse. My [spouse] is currently going to school to get [his/her] MLS and [he/she] tells me all the crap his professors push on them. [His/her] current professor told the class that she wished everyone would think the same. All in the same sentence while pushing diversity. I thought we were supposed to embrace our differences? …

Working at a library and living in XXXXXXXX everyone automatically thinks you share the same views as them. They especially think this because of the color of my skin. Because I’m XXXXXXX  I’m suppose to think a certain way. That’s a little racist, but I’ll get over it. I know there will always be ignorant people out in the world.

Thank you for saying what I thought. I wish I could just go to work and not have to think about politics, but unfortunately I’m reminded about it everyday by the countless emails I receive about pushing a certain agenda and the collection of books being ordered and pushed on our patrons. My favorite is seeing all the children’s books about activism. I know when I was 7, I couldn’t stop thinking about social justice and wanting to march in the streets, not! I wouldn’t have a problem with this if they wouldn’t show their biases when ordering books for the collection …

Thanks again Ron, and I hope you don’t get hell for your email, even though it already looks like a few people have been “triggered” by your post. It seems we live in a world where you can only have free speech if you think a certain way. I guess that wouldn’t be free speech then. Hmm…

Sorry for the long rant and if I said anything that might of upset you. I just wanted to let you know that I completely agree with you that we need to leave politics out of our work environment.  No need to reply to this email and please discard after you read it. I don’t want to be attacked for thinking for myself.  Have a great day!