Amazon replacing libraries is ridiculous

Everyone probably knows by now that Amazon is coming to the West Plains area – unless you are living under a rock.

But that isn’t the real reason why I bring up the powerhouse company. On Saturday, July 21, Forbes posted quite the controversial article with the headline “Amazon Should Replace Local Libraries to Save Taxpayers Money.”

Yikes.

The backlash from the article was so extreme that Forbes actually deleted the piece from online. So if you go on their website, you cannot read the actual article anymore.

This is how a representative for Forbes responded:

“Forbes advocates spirited dialogu...