Was this ad appropiate?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

http://www.friendsofmpl.org/images/MAO.pdf

The Minneapolis Public Library has come under LOTS of fire for it.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I don't think the ad is exactly glorifying Mao, it's more using him as a contrast, pointing out he created the "least diverse collection of books" while the library allows free expression.

Another ad in the series that came under fire uses J. Edgar Hoover and his spying on libraries.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

these are the other 3 ads in the series:

http://www.friendsofmpl.org/images/LUV.pdf
http://www.friendsofmpl.org/images/BAT.pdf
http://www.friendsofmpl.org/images/FBI.pdf

so it's sort of a "famous librarians" thing, although in this case they could've probably picked a better example. I still say though the ad is hardly glorifying Mao ("least diverse collection of books")