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Amazon Quietly Bans Books Containing Undefined ‘Hate Speech’

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It is significantly different. Corporate governance is how they run their own company. It has nothing to do with the government.

And can also apply to how a set of elected rulers (or otherwise) run a country, or municipality. When you consider how closely the elected government of this country works with corporations, and are putting out the same exact propaganda in their TV commercials and other advertisements as we hear from political leaders, there really isn't a difference at all. It's as if they're the same entity.
 
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And can also apply to how a set of elected rulers (or otherwise) run a country, or municipality. When you consider how closely the elected government of this country works with corporations, and are putting out the same exact propaganda in their TV commercials and other advertisements as we hear from political leaders, there really isn't a difference at all. It's as if they're the same entity.
That’s what EX President Trump wanted to achieve through his style of “management”. Fortunately the electorate acted to end his reign.

But you really don’t seem to understand how these business and industry organizations work.
 
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And can also apply to how a set of elected rulers (or otherwise) run a country, or municipality.

It can but when it comes to the ESG it doesn’t.
 
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Theodor Seuss Geisel wrote more than 60 books. The six books his estate have withdrawn from further publication are McElligot’s Pool, On Beyond Zebra!, Scrambled Eggs Super!, The Cat’s Quizzer, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, and If I Ran the Zoo. The other 54 books will continue to be published. Even those six books will continue to be available until published stocks are exhausted.
 
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Theodor Seuss Geisel wrote more than 60 books. The six books his estate have withdrawn from further publication are McElligot’s Pool, On Beyond Zebra!, Scrambled Eggs Super!, The Cat’s Quizzer, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, and If I Ran the Zoo. The other 54 books will continue to be published. Even those six books will continue to be available until published stocks are exhausted.

Just withdrawn from publication? Still available?
Is that the reason libraries are pulling them off the shelf? Dr. Seuss controversy reaches local shelves as Chicago Public Library pulls 6 books over racist, insensitive imagery.
 
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Just withdrawn from publication? Still available?
Is that the reason libraries are pulling them off the shelf?

Probably because people would steal them otherwise.

"The libraries will keep the books for reference copies until they determine a longer-term solution."

Probably they are available if you talk to the reference librarian, but like other reference works, you can't wander off with them.
 
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Probably because people would steal them otherwise.

"The libraries will keep the books for reference copies until they determine a longer-term solution."

Probably they are available if you talk to the reference librarian, but like other reference works, you can't wander off with them.

"Probably"?
If you don't care to click the link to read the article, then at least read the last 3 words of the link itself.
 
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It isn’t clear what Amazon means by “hate speech” or even if it used that label to drop that particular book.

Amazon has answered the senators:

Amazon has made the decision recently to remove books from its catalog that frame transgender and other LGBTQ identities as mental illnesses, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

The move came after four Republicans — Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.), Mike Lee (Utah), Mike Braun (Ind.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.) — sent a letter on Feb. 24 to chief executive Jeff Bezos questioning why “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment” was no longer available on Amazon platforms, including Kindle and Audible.

As to your specific question about When Harry Became Sally, we have chosen not to sell books that frame LGBTQ+ identity as a mental illness,” Amazon said in the letter to the senators, obtained by the outlet.
 
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Amazon has answered the senators:

Amazon has made the decision recently to remove books from its catalog that frame transgender and other LGBTQ identities as mental illnesses, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

The move came after four Republicans — Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.), Mike Lee (Utah), Mike Braun (Ind.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.) — sent a letter on Feb. 24 to chief executive Jeff Bezos questioning why “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment” was no longer available on Amazon platforms, including Kindle and Audible.

As to your specific question about When Harry Became Sally, we have chosen not to sell books that frame LGBTQ+ identity as a mental illness,” Amazon said in the letter to the senators, obtained by the outlet.

Looks like Amazon only wants one side of issues to be heard, while banning those who say otherwise. Some would say this is fascist, but only if it was silencing their own views.
 
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Looks like Amazon only wants one side of issues to be heard, while banning those who say otherwise. Some would say this is fascist, but only if it was silencing their own views.

"Some" are apparently ignorant of what fascism is.
 
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Looks like Amazon only wants one side of issues to be heard, while banning those who say otherwise. Some would say this is fascist, but only if it was silencing their own views.

Would some say the Christian bookstore by my parents house fascist for not choosing not to sell the book “Sex” by Madonna?
 
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Would some say the Christian bookstore by my parents house fascist for not choosing not to sell the book “Sex” by Madonna?

What does that make Amazon? The "anti-Christian" bookstore?
 
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Looks like Amazon only wants one side of issues to be heard, while banning those who say otherwise. Some would say this is fascist, but only if it was silencing their own views.
Did Amazon publish these books ? No. They sold them. This remains perfectly legal. A book that cannot find a seller isn’t worth reading.
 
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Oh come on. Tell us!
I am not at liberty to reveal that information at this time.

I can only say that it has to do with one of the most popular head coverings in recent times.
 
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