Preaching to the choir...

[cherydactyl]

At least most people on my f'list will see this as confirmation/more of the same but...

A letter from a resident of Wasilla about Sarah Palin

Particularly chilling to me:
While Sarah was mayor of Wasilla, she tried to fire our highly respected city librarian because the librarian refused to consider removing from the library some books that Sarah wanted removed. City residents rallied to the defense of the city librarian and against Palin's attempt at out-and-out censorship, so Palin backed down and withdrew her termination letter. People who fought her attempt to oust the librarian are on her enemies list to this day.

The letter writer counts herself among those who are on Palin's enemies list due to this incident. She states that she *expects* to be paid back for speaking against Palin.

Comments

[nicegeek.livejournal.com]

While Sarah was mayor of Wasilla, she tried to fire our highly respected city librarian because the librarian refused to consider removing from the library some books that Sarah wanted removed.

Censorship concerns me greatly, so I looked into this a bit. Two facts seem to be pretty well documented:
- Palin sent a letter to the librarian asking whether the librarian would remove books if asked. The librarian said she would not.
- Some months later, Palin asked for the librarian's resignation.

What I have not yet found is evidence that Palin actually asked for books to be removed, nor of the existence of the causal link that the author of the linked article asserts; all of the sources I could find led back to personal accounts from this same author, Anne Kilkenny, a Democratic activist. Without more solid evidence, we can't yet reach any conclusion about Palin's views on censorship; for all we know, refusing censorship could have been exactly what Palin wanted to hear from the librarian, but she decided to fire her anyway over an unrelated issue.

It looks like the matter was discussed in a city council meeting, so hopefully more corroborating evidence can be found in the meeting's minutes, and in accounts from others who were there. I'll be watching this story with interest to see if such evidence comes to light.

[cherydactyl.livejournal.com]

The letter is one person's point of view, and I for one am assuming it's equivalent to a letter to the editor. I never presented this as factual or equivalent to vetted information/mainstream reporting. As I said, it's of concern, and I too will be watching how this story develops.

[jixel.livejournal.com]

p*lin is a crack ho with a gang bang slut daughter

there, i said it.

how anyone can claim anything from alaska counts as street cred is (wait for it..) really shoveling it

hahaha!!!

[cherydactyl.livejournal.com]

Uh, what!?!? That seems a little beyond civil discourse. :/