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scene_missing OP t1_jdwzxgs wrote

Reply to comment by robotnique in DC Library hosting far right story hour with Libs of TikTok, Jack Posobiec, and Kirk Cameron on 3/29 by scene_missing

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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