| senseinobaka said: Book banning claim Debunked, Please update OP http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-09-Palin-book-ban_N.htm |
Debunked? Have you read the article?
Mary Ellen Emmons was Wasilla's librarian at the time. She told a local newspaper, the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, in December 1996 that Palin repeatedly had asked her about removing books from the library, but said Palin never mentioned specific titles, according to the Anchorage Daily News.
In January 1997, Palin requested that the city's department heads, including Emmons, reapply for their positions. Though the censorship issue was not raised, some members of the community rallied behind Emmons and the librarian kept her job until she resigned three years later.
Sarah Palin asks the librarian about removing books, the librarian refuses, then Palin makes her reapply for her job. You know what kind of politics that is? I dont know firsthand, I've only encountered it when studying about non-democratic political systems, speficially favors and punishments that authoritarians use while in power. There is a lot of irony in voting your freedoms away.
