Book lovers across the world, unite! 。

A。New York Observer。columnist based in London, Andre Walker, dared to state in a provocative tweet that "nobody goes to libraries anymore". 。

"Close the public ones and put the books in schools," is his tongue-in-cheek suggestion.。

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When people posted to him pictures of people at libraries, Walker dismissed it, repeating his outrageous claim:。

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In another tweet, Walker insulted librarians saying they're like "French teachers".。

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"These jobs exist in order to pay the wages of sad people who can't get proper work," he said.。

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However, people were not ready to back down.。

First, a call to arms to all the people who go to libraries went viral:。

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Then, the self-proclaimed "angriest librarian" (HalpernAlex) launched a long, epic rant, which also went nuts:。

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Soon, other people joined the fight: 。

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And Walker, well, he had to apologise to the library-goers and librarians after 110,000 people replied to his tweet:。