Seriously, who do these deranged librarians think they are fooling with their faux “freedom of speech” posturing?
A Warren County library wanted to do something to mark the occasion, so it enlisted a New Jersey drag queen to read a story to children. But they never got the chance. “Drag Queen Story Hour” has become an increasingly popular event for libraries, schools and bookstores to hold, though not always without controversy. So when the northeast branch of the Warren County Library System scheduled one for June 15, some questions and comments were expected.
They did not expect two straight days of phone calls clogging the lines and demanding the event be cancelled. Or for a usually dry library commission meeting to meet with similar, in-person resistance. The library commission, apparently caught by surprise at their May meeting, cancelled the Drag Queen Story Hour….
“I feel like we didn’t serve a portion of our community that deserves it, especially during pride month,” said Sandy Roberts, who works in the county library system and posted public messages on Facebook critical of the decision to cancel the story hour.
“I think that’s quashing freedom of speech and giving in to bigotry,” she said. “I’m OK if people have differences of opinion, but we’re a public space.”
As I have repeatedly pointed out, there is no such thing as freedom of speech. There is zero point zero chance that Ms Roberts would support a Make Slavery Great Again Story Hour. The only genuine question is who is enforcing the blasphemy laws.