My facebook post in response to the New York Times opinion article "Why You Should Read Books You Hate"
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/opinion/sunday/the-joy-of-hate-reading.html?ref=opinion
Some Fake Justice Warriors claim that restricting freedom of speech will help the fragile psyches of minorities. Bullcrap! If you're not dedicated to hearing and reading viewpoints that you hate, then you are truly dedicated to having a weak fragile mind! Just like how challenging exercises can make you physically stronger, reading stuff with viewpoints you hate will make you mentally tough!
In the library profession, you are EXPECTED to add books with viewpoints you hate into the library's collection! This is something that is super-mega-emphasized to students who major in Library & Information Science (LIS) because the profession is about providing access to a variety of viewpoints.
So to the Fake Justice Warriors who think they are helping me by restricting hurtful speech, BACK OFF, we got this!
