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And this is why I speak of American Christian right-wingers being under a great spiritual delusion.
And this is why I speak of American Christian right-wingers being under a great spiritual delusion.
You made a lot of assertions there without a single citation, so it's not only a strawman, but an invisible one.
It is kinda weird that a party whose only purpose seems to be "owning the libs" imagines that everyone else is out to "own" them. I wonder if there's a term for reading one's own faults into the unrelated actions of others?I was only a teenager when I began to discern when people were just trying to get "a rise" out of me...and to ignore those attempts.
But actually, when, say, Hasbro Toys decides to rename "Mister and Mrs Potato Head" to "The Potato Family," they didn't do it with the intention of vilifying right-wingers. I doubt the executives at that meeting were rubbing their hands, grinning, and saying among themselves, "Boy, this will really annoy the Evangelicals! Let's do it!"
They aren't banning anything. They are not the government and they don't have to sell any particular book. Vote with your keyboard and buy elsewhere.
Religious scripture gets a pass. Just because.It wouldn't take much for them to ban the bible:
"Male and Female, He created them" is not LGBT friendly.
"No one comes to the Father but by Me" is not inclusive.
"He who believes not is condemned already" is inflammatory.
A very salient point.There's a field of double edged swords at the bottom of this quite slippery slope.
I dont think so. Its always been this way: the bookseller decides for itself what it will or wont stock.There's a field of double edged swords at the bottom of this quite slippery slope.
I dont think so. Its always been this way: the bookseller decides for itself what it will or wont stock.
The only real trouble begins when the govt start telling stores what titles they must or cant sell.
As has been mentioned several times, Amazon is not a major publisher. They publish vanity books. And vanity books are mostly used as door stops.Well hopefully there's a publisher who will still be willing to print/sell things major corporations are "cancelling" in the era of cancel culture.
As has been mentioned several times, Amazon is not a major publisher. They publish vanity books. And vanity books are mostly used as door stops.
Who is this "you"?IOW, don't need the government to infringe on 1A when you can convenience major corporations, media, and the masses to do it for you.
I was only a teenager when I began to discern when people were just trying to get "a rise" out of me...and to ignore those attempts.
But actually, when, say, Hasbro Toys decides to rename "Mister and Mrs Potato Head" to "The Potato Family," they didn't do it with the intention of vilifying right-wingers. I doubt the executives at that meeting were rubbing their hands, grinning, and saying among themselves, "Boy, this will really annoy the Evangelicals! Let's do it!"
Who is this "you"?
I have a friend that had a career in publishing. His statement on the subject was, "A good book will always find its buyers. If an author can only sell on Amazon, then that author probably doesn't have much of an audience."
You will not convince me that most Conservatives are that helpless. If Conservatives were as helpless you make them out to be, Hillary Clinton would be starting her second term."You" is anyone who has influence over national marketing decisions in the context of literature and the availability of it.
We have been conditioned to shop at places like Amazon and Walmart. Some people stumble on a new book that interests them. When that "display" is repressed, via deliberate and bias manipulation of the seller, then those folks who would have purchased the book otherwise will never see it, but would need to be aware of it, and have a desire to seek it out. This becomes especially concerning if web search providers (ie: Google, DuckDuckGo, etc) start hindering the query results for certain literature.
"We don't want you searching for that...."
For example: "When Harry Became Sally" is not available on Amazon, out of stock at Powell's, but right now I can order through Books-A-Million. Watching to see if BAM cancels it.
That said "Socialists Don't Sleep" is still available via all three providers.
You will not convince me that most Conservatives are that helpless. If Conservatives were as helpless you make them out to be, Hillary Clinton would be starting her second term.
Did you know that I can order books written by David Horowitz without using Amazon? I know, crazy stuff. Horowitz has one book that explains how EX President Trump is going to win the 2020 election. Sounds fascinating. I think it's marked down. A great deal!
While "fining" your way, please refrain from whining about it.Helpless? No. We'll always fine a way
Amazon is the major seller currently, but if such a seller won't pick up a publisher, then that publisher either goes under or elsewhere. Publishers not led by sheer principles of free speech would likely cave and no longer publish. If that's the case, someone else would need to be willing, knowing that Amazon, and other sellers who would follow suit, would not be an option. It's an intentional cornering of a market to squeeze out undesired (by the seller) publications. Amazon is big enough to coerce other smaller sellers to follow suit, or face the wrath of cancel culture themselves.
IOW, don't need the government to infringe on 1A when you can convenience major corporations, media, and the masses to do it for you.
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