{"id":33698,"date":"2021-09-02T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=33698"},"modified":"2021-08-20T12:20:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T16:20:56","slug":"not-everyone-in-florida-is-a-deplorable-neanderthal-childrens-section-of-a-palm-beach-county-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/02\/not-everyone-in-florida-is-a-deplorable-neanderthal-childrens-section-of-a-palm-beach-county-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Not everyone in Florida is a Deplorable Neanderthal (children\u2019s section of a Palm Beach County library)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Folks in Maskachusetts tend to be scornful of Florida, dismissing it as a \u201cRed state\u201d with \u201cstupid\u201d residents. But you won\u2019t see a big difference at our local public library (the Jupiter branch of the Palm Beach County system).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government workers won\u2019t have their pay cut or jobs eliminated no matter how unpleasant they make the customer experience. Thus, in a generally mask-optional state, the librarians don\u2019t have a problem demanding that customers wear the hijab<\/a> (so both librarians and patrons can catch coronavirus 15 minutes after leaving when they walk into a mostly-unmasked store or restaurant?):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The librarians also sit behind Plexi screens that the New York Times says #Science now disclaims<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How about the featured books in the children\u2019s section?<\/p>\n\n\n\n