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LeonDurham says

Google is a private company.

A library is a government run public institution.

Hopefully you recognize the difference there.

A rural library is not the Library of Congress, with a copy of every book published. It's also run locally by the public who funds it with limited tax dollars.

Whereas posting links to infowars is free and Google is nationwide and considers itself a Platform, but acts like a Publisher.

Hopefully you recognize the difference.

LeonDurham says

Google is a private company.

So you believe bakeries can refuse wedding cake orders?

TwoScoopsOfSpaceForce says

So you believe bakeries can refuse wedding cake orders?

Of course. I'm not a hypocrite like Trump Cultists. The Supreme Court ruled on that case.

TwoScoopsOfSpaceForce says

A rural library is not the Library of Congress, with a copy of every book published. It's also run locally by the public who funds it with limited tax dollars.

Whereas posting links to infowars is free and Google is nationwide and considers itself a Platform, but acts like a Publisher.

Well a library refusing a free bestseller seems a LOT like censorship to me.

LeonDurham says

Well a library refusing a free bestseller seems a LOT like censorship to me.

Free? I must have missed that part where libraries don't pay for books. Please link again.

TwoScoopsOfSpaceForce says

Hmm, not to me. Sounds like a tiny rural library has limited shelf space and a limited budget. No reason to buy a book that maybe half a dozen people will use.

Well "free" means the budget doesn't matter.

And, there is no shelf space for the best selling book in a decade?

LeonDurham says

Well "free" means the budget doesn't matter.

And, there is no shelf space for the best selling book in a decade?

You mean if they don't buy it a few weeks after it comes out, it's censorship?

Look what a deal people got if they waited a few months to buy "What Happened?"

Fiction titles sell well these days, but better to wait for discounts and/or the softcover.

Smart Librarians.

TwoScoopsOfSpaceForce says

You mean if they don't buy it a few weeks after it comes out, it's censorship?

Look what a deal people got if they waited a few months to buy "What Happened?"

Fiction titles sell well these days, but better to wait for discounts and/or the softcover.

Smart Librarians

No, I mean if they refuse a free copy of the #1 bestseller, that sure seems like censorship.

it doesn't matter whether the library bought it or not, a libby would just have stolen it.

Herdingcats says

ты сосать путинский член?

هل أنت في أجرة حزب الله?

Rocketmanjoe says

No.

If the library refused a free copy would you consider that censorship?

Only if they had total lack of shelf space and weren't buying any books.

Of course, Youtube and Twitter and Facebook aren't "Running out of Space"

TwoScoopsOfSpaceForce says

Herdingcats says

ты сосать путинский член?

Not native Russian speaker, but this is horribly incorrect grammar, presumably from Google translate

Libraries also dont carry Penthouse. Must be the Nazis!

TrumpCuck says

Libraries are government-funded and government run institutions.

As such they have LIMITED funds and can not be buying every piece of trash that gets a dust jacket.
It’s not the government’s job to make every Leftist book a best seller.

jazz_music says

Damn, just look at all the down votes this thread got.

It’s almost as if the author was trying to make a ludricrous point that was rejected with prejudice.

Like I said, I wonder how many libraries the Journalists called before the found one that didn't buy Woodward.

I wonder how long before the book hits the discount bin at 50% off?

By Thanksgiving at the latest?

TwoScoopsOfSpaceForce says

Like I said, I wonder how many libraries the Journalists called before the found one that didn't buy Woodward.

I wonder how long before the book hits the discount bin at 50% off?

By Thanksgiving at the latest?

Why are you being purposely dishonest again? You've been told multiple times that the book was offered for FREE. Why do you persist in claiming the library didn't buy it??

Why do Trump supporters continually lie?

Quigley says

It’s almost as if the author was trying to make a ludricrous point that was rejected with prejudice.

Yep--the point being that Trump cultists don't like free speech. And it's a good point.

LeonDurham says

Why are you being purposely dishonest again? You've been told multiple times that the book was offered for FREE. Why do you persist in claiming the library didn't buy it??

The Board Members did not know the book was to be donated. They probably have a policy of rejecting used books because people show up with boxes full of tattered, outdated titles they couldn't offload at the garage sale. I have several librarians in my family, so I know how libraries work. According to the WaPo, it was an employee, not the leadership, of the Library which rejected the donation.

*This is from reading the UPDATED article, not the original one*

However, Public Libraries refuse both to buy books and reject free books all the time. That's very common.

And it's laughable that one of the thousands of public libraries, this one in a tiny area serving a miniscule population, is the equivalent of a lifetime ban from Youtube apparently over a years-old video that nobody had a problem with.

So, it's still false equivalency. And reeks of desperation.

LeonDurham says

Yep--the point being that Trump cultists don't like free speech. And it's a good point.

Riiiiiiight. When was the last time you saw 1000 Trump Supporters have a Chimp Out, throwing molotovs and assaulting people, over campus speakers?
www.youtube.com/embed/-PSYPrE5LrQ

TwoScoopsOfSpaceForce says

Riiiiiiight. When was the last time you saw 1000 Trump Supporters have a Chimp Out, throwing molotovs and assaulting people, over campus speakers?

Hilarious reading some of the Progs on this site claiming that they and the SJW's are all about free speech.

They can't be this stupid, so I chalk it up to rank dishonesty.

It's like a parody that they hold up this nobody library in bum-fuck West Virginia as some sort massive example of hypocrisy.

There may be nothing more pathetic possible in a forum such as this, to shit on the site while remaining an engaged member. Either leave or stay. Why shit on the site while sticking aorund? It's bizarrely narcissistic behavior

LeonDurham says

Yep--the point being that Trump cultists don't like free speech. And it's a good point.

It’s a ridiculous point that is unsupported by evidence. You’re just trying to drag the other side down to your level of corruption. No thank you. Not buying what you’re selling!

Weak sauce!

"But but but there is this one library in West Virginia!!!!""

Can't we all get along?

We are for the most part citizens of one country. We are in the same boat.

socal2 says

Weak sauce!

"But but but there is this one library in West Virginia!!!!""

Which turned out to be an employee not following policy, anyway.

WaPo is so desperate for anti-Trump News, they are now trolling Zuckbook to find "My Library Donation was rejected" stories and running them as Big News.

Does this mean YouTube will be ending Alex Jones' lifetime ban and restoring one of the top news sites? Twitter will be ending Sargon's ban? Google and Apple putting Infowars App back in their Play/App Stores (~90% of Mobile OS)?