There are some people on the left who just cannot understand why anyone would find their embrace of communism offensive.
FOX News reports:
Self-declared ‘Marxist’ library group chief stunned by backlash as state pulls funding to ALAAmerican Library Association President Emily Drabinski said she didn’t anticipate the backlash she would receive to declaring herself a “Marxist” in a tweet shortly after being elected to the role.”I was excited to highlight and celebrate two aspects of my identity that are really important to me, and are often under a lot of scrutiny,” Drabinski said in an interview published by NBC News Monday, her first since taking office as the president of the ALA last month.The comments come amid continued controversy over a social media post Drabinski made last year shortly after being elected to lead ALA, the largest nonprofit trade organization for libraries, declaring herself at the time a “Marxist lesbian.””I just cannot believe that a Marxist lesbian who believes that collective power is possible to build and can be wielded for a better world is the president-elect of @ALALibrary,” Drabinski wrote in the post, which has since been deleted. “I am so excited for what we will do together. Solidarity! And my mom is SO PROUD. I love you mom.”The post ignited a movement in states such as Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, South Carolina and Wyoming to press their state libraries to defund or cut ties with the ALA.One such effort in Montana was successful, with the Montana State Library Commission voting last month to withdraw from the ALA over Drabinski’s Marxists beliefs.”Our oath of office and resulting duty to the Constitution forbids association with an organization led by a Marxist,” the commission said in a letter to the ALA after making the decision.
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