This is my latest discussion board post, again in reference to my textbook. This time, I recount an experience I had of being censored, in a library, by a librarian! I know, it was a shocker. Granted, the librarian is not as bad as I portrayed the gender neutral person to be, but I felt that by adding a little drama to my post it would make a more interesting read. I suppose that is the literature enthusiast in me shining through. :-)
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According to Rubin on page 379, the First Amendment
provides the right to both express oneself and the corollary right to receive
the ideas of others. What I find interesting is that it does not provide the
right to not be bothered by other people’s ideas.
I remember one time having a discussion in the library
about a religious topic and the librarians told us to move my discussion so
that others would not have to overhear us. They claimed to be protecting the FA
right to not receive information. Perhaps I am missing something, but I am
pretty sure the FA does not censor ideas, but protects them.
We were not happy about being censored, but decided to be
respectful of other people and moved the discussion. However, I found it
disturbing that a librarian would suppress the freedom to discuss ideas in the
name of free speech!
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