JD Crowe: Alabama libraries are under attack by slimy ‘bookworms’
This is an opinion cartoon.
“Now I am going to scream at the top of my lungs for the people who can’t say anything. Because, yes, they are attacking LGBTQ people. They’re also attacking librarians.” – Baylee Smith, former children’s librarian at Autauga-Prattville Library.
Prattville library cuts hours, programs as staff quit: ‘Hard to have hope’ – al.com
Alabama libraries are under attack. By toxic, red state politics-driven ‘bookworms.’ These worms don’t even read the books they want removed from shelves.
It’s sad. All they know how to do is slime everything they don’t understand.
Here’s one of many enlightening stories by Williesha Morris you should read right now: Alabama committee wants to stop electing the board of a local library – al.com
Here’s a column by Kyle Whitmire you should ponder:
“Why was this Alabama library director fired? I got an answer from the library board director. And then another, and another … You just have to read it.”
Whitmire: Why was an Alabama library director fired? Read between the lines. – al.com
And here’s another log to throw on the fire:
‘Burn the freaking books:’ Alabama libraries under fire from witch hunters – al.com
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MORE STORIES ON ALABAMA LIBRARIES
- ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ author John Green defends Alabama’s ‘hard-working librarians’
- Whitmire: Why was an Alabama library director fired? Read between the lines.
- Prattville library cuts hours, programs as staff quit: ‘Hard to have hope’
- Fired Autauga-Prattville library director tells CNN’s Kaitlan Collins his role was politicized
- Trussville library purges, moves books after complaint about inappropriate content
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Latest Alabama star in transfer portal hits Nick Saban hard – al.com
Tommy Tuberville knows a satanic cult when he sees one – al.com
‘This one time at Space Camp:’ Alabama ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is a bad joke – al.com
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JD Crowe is the cartoonist for Alabama Media Group and AL.com. He won the RFK Human Rights Award for Editorial Cartoons in 2020. In 2018, he was awarded the Rex Babin Memorial Award for local and state cartoons by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Follow JD on Facebook, Twitter @Crowejam and Instagram @JDCrowepix. Give him a holler @[email protected].
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