The brouhaha gripping the Massachusetts island is over the famed Harvard lawyer’s talk this month at the Chilmark library to promote his new book.
over politics at a Martha’s Vineyard store. When Larry told Dersh, “You’re disgusting!” the lawyer showed off a T-shirt that read, ‘It’s The Constitution Stupid!’”on the controversy said the Chilmark library denied any discrimination against Dershowitz, and said they were simply concerned about crowd control — plus his request to speak was too late.The library wound up voting to let him speak on June 20, a day the library is closed, and with a cap of 25 guests.
The board’s minutes on the Dershowitz decision reportedly read: “There was intense debate about having him speak after the bullying, intimidation, and lies that were said by him about the library to the national media last summer… It was decided that he will be offered a spot to speak on… a day that the library is closed. This will cut down on the interference his talk may cause to regular patrons.
Said a comment under her name, “Clearly the lesson the Chilmark Free Public Library board of trustees is conveying to the public is that bullying works. Threatening to sue, defaming a librarian, amplifying lies on national platforms and name calling has now been rewarded. What a sad moment for the Chilmark Library.” Her reps did not immediately comment.
Dershowitz also commented on the outlet’s piece, by writing, “It’s distressing to see how many readers favor a taxpayer funded library banning a speaker because of who he represented as a lawyer. If that’s not McCarthyism, I don’t know what is. Imagine how these same readers would react if an Alabama public library banned a lawyer for representing a woman who sought an abortion.
“The only reason she wants to stop them from hearing me is she doesn’t like what I have to say,” he said. “The only way I got to speak is… by invoking the law. I hope people will come and listen to me…. I invite her to come and ask me the hardest questions.”
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