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The other post inspired me to make a rant on the absolute state of libraries these days. I’m curious to see if others have experienced this as well where they live.

As a child, the library was my safe haven. It was quiet, peaceful and safe. My family did not have a television in our home for religious reasons so I was a huge reader. We made a trip to the local library a couple times a month and it was a treat.

I always envisioned taking my own children to the library and having them develop a love for books and knowledge. Instead I learned that these days libraries are nothing more than free babysitting for bratty kids. Clearly there are some after school programs for underprivileged kids or something because the place is flooded with them. Of course they have no interest in reading, they congregate in the computer area and are loud and rude. Then the childrens area has an actual indoor playground, so it’s like a zoo. Loud, overstimulated toddlers everywhere while their moms finger fuck their phones. Gone are the days that the library workers would shush people. With the rise of autism there are naturally screeching zombies running around hand flapping and it would be bigoted to ask for quiet.

That combined with the blatant degeneracy pushed by displaying LGBTHIV, black and brown people books has pushed me to abandoning my hopes for my kids and the library. The worst part is that it’s all funded by us. Our local library just used millions to build a new one even though the old one was still very nice. The new one is the ugliest building I’ve ever seen. Modern architecture, soulless and cold.