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My day job is at a rural branch of a public library, and we have a Pride display. Yesterday I was at the desk when a man came in. Fifties, maybe, or sixties. Plaid shirt, mesh trucker cap, suspenders. He went up to the display and just stood there for a long moment. Then he came up to the desk. I mentally ran through the spiel I've prepared for when someone complains about a display. Especially a Pride display. It doesn't happen often, but it happens enough. Freedom to read. Something in the ...