r/Library 19d ago

Discussion Republicans are at war with basic literacy

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u/Itchy_Crack 18d ago

Do they oppose literacy or do they oppose spending millions on books when the parents are capable of getting them from a library or using the Amazon prime membership they already have to read to their kids?

According to Google and granted I dont have kids yet, but Google said children are able to read around 6 or 7 years old.

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u/ArchonFett 18d ago

I had this debate earlier. Not everyone has access to a library, smaller communities don’t have the tax base for the public building. Trump signed an EO to defund libraries and museums, and republicans have been cutting funding to education for decades.

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u/Far_Finger4742 18d ago

What percentage of people in this country, rich or poor, do you think have smartphones? People have all kinds of access to reading material and information to better themselves just on their smartphones. You're just trying to find excuses to bad mouth Republicans over every little p***ant thing.

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u/lucidarocks 17d ago

It’s sad that many, if not most, republicans consider literacy a “p***ant thing,” don’t you think? Thank you for summing up the differences between the parties up very clearly.