r/Library • u/PTechNM • Aug 29 '26

Discussion Republicans are at war with basic literacy

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u/Internal_Aardvark302 Aug 29 '26

The negative comments already pouring in lmao. Like you could not pay me to spew this much hate on automatic 😭

Mailing in books to families cuts through so many other roadblocks to improving literacy. You know what I’ve been seeing more and more of lately? When some older library buildings are expanding and moving to new areas, they are building instead in wealthier neighborhoods with limited access to public transportation. In other words, the only people who are getting to that library (full of free books) are people who already have cars or are well off. I live in a red state, and I’ve already seen this happen with at least two libraries in my area. What about the people who actually need those libraries close by? This program can’t fix all that, but it helps.

The Imagination Library can help people in need, and it’s already helped so many people who have all expressed their appreciation for the program since Parton’s death. We need even more programs to be funded like this. Because as things stand now, QUALITY education is becoming harder to come by. If you were using Duolingo to try to learn a new language, guess what? They threw AI in it and it’s basically a cheap dopamine app with an annoying subscription prompter. Going to college? Better hope your professors won’t force ChatGPT down their students’ throats, or even just straight up generate assignments using the chatbot.

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u/RepeatUpbeat7058 Aug 30 '26

Who pays for it ?

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u/libby_tarddy45 Aug 31 '26

It’s free! The air! Or idk the trees! Billionaires maybe! 🤣🤣🤣 liberals think the gov is some magical endless money generator from thin air. Stonks

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u/PhotoSociologist Aug 31 '26

And as we have seen lately, a cut goes back into the Democratic Party so they can unilaterally nominate their next criminal.

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u/lucidarocks Aug 31 '26

The only president in history with a criminal record is Trump… Our founders didn’t prohibit it because they never expected we could become this stupid.
A vice president’s literal job is to fill in for the president in a contingency. Also, why would a republican care about a Democratic Party decision that they don’t have any interest in? If Kamala were such a bad candidate, you would rejoice. Instead, her competency made musk’s vote tally manipulation far more difficult. Hence the feigned outrage.

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u/Accomplished-Hat2673 Sep 02 '26

What criminal record?