# Ought public libraries advance social agendas?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 2, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-public-libraries-advance-social-agendas/999737 "2024-04-02T13:35:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-public-libraries-advance-social-agendas/999737/43 "2024-04-02T22:46:18Z")

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All created equal is fine. Advancing the interests of left-wing groups over others is not.

> [@Broomstick](#):
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> Having a display on a bookshelf about DEI or “poverty issues” is NOT “promoting” them.

How about a pro-life book display? Or a pro second-amendment book display? Or a display of Trump bibles, complete with country music lyrics and a declaration of independence in each one? Since book displays don’t ‘promote’ anything, would you be comfortable with a library where a conservative librarian makes displays of conservative books but relegates the liberal ones to the back shelves?

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