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robotnique t1_jdwio5u wrote

Please be aware that the library IS NOT ENDORSING NOR OTHERWISE INVOLVED OTHER THAN PROVIDING THE SPACE.

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Due to the way the library offers its services, we can't turn down any public meetings so long as they abide by the rules and regulations as delineated on our website. Ergo the staff at Cleveland Park would be going against our mission of being open and available to everybody so long as they aren't indulging in hate speech or bringing out torches.

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scene_missing OP t1_jdwzxgs wrote

Your library rules state that partons are bannable for "Engaging in bullying as defined by the Youth Bullying Prevention Act of 2012, effective September 14, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-167; 59 DCR 7820)." https://www.dclibrary.org/behavior

When I look up that statute, it includes bullying race, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Libs of Tiktok and Jack Posobiec bully for these on a daily basis. By your own rules, should they not be barred from DCPL with a category 3 violation for 1 month?

https://ohr.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/ohr/page_content/attachments/YouthBullyingPreventionAct_Final.pdf

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robotnique t1_jdx5ens wrote

By our rules, they'd have to do it on our premises in order to bar them for this behavior.

Don't get me wrong, I want nothing more than for Kirk Cameron to keep his clown car packed up and detour around DC, but I do want people to understand that the staff at the library have our hands tied when it comes to this.

It would take a decision from high-up administration, as in at the level of the Director, for us to turn them away, and would likely require the media relations people to coordinate with the Mayor's office to prepare for the tizzy conservatives would throw over it.

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