No, this isn’t one of those obnoxious ‘vs’ competitions where Zombies are forced to fight some fictional villains for sport, but rather, a comparison of the treatment of two sets of ‘villains’ by the public.

Zombies, as we’ve documented, get demagogued and fearmongered against by libraries, directing this miseducation even at vulnerable children and impressionable teens.

What about the Daleks? Now, don’t get me wrong, I think Daleks are, as far as villainous supertechnological alien invaders go, pretty much the best in class. But they are also genocidal psychopaths with a penchant for attempts to blow up the planet, universe, even multiverse.

So how would libraries treat Daleks in the presence of children? At least as shoddily as Zombies, right?

Well, no. Not at all:

A SCI-FI bad guy landed at Stourbridge Library on Saturday to help young bookworms develop their reading skills.

The Dr Who villain called at the Crown Centre on Saturday (July 30) as part of the annual national summer reading challenge for children aged from four to 11.

Daleks are invited to help children learn to read, not subjected to persecution by invited guests of the library staff. (What the Daleks get out of this I cannot imagine)

A starker contrast I cannot imagine. Zombies? Demonized at libraries, children taught to fear and destroy. Daleks? Pose for pictures with youngsters clutching books at an annual reading event.

Ugggghh. The hypocrisy of it all is making me feel a bit ill.

Tags: Social Justice, Television

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