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Amazon Quietly Bans Books Containing Undefined ‘Hate Speech’

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should bakeries be allowed to refuse to sell cakes they find personally offensive?

Certainly. They just can't refuse to sell cakes because the customer belongs to a protected class.
 
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I knew it happened but didn't realize it happened 55 years ago. Wow!

Also, The Beatles were "canceled" by 'conservatives' of their day.
Ringo
That's what I thought was the irony.
 
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Canceled by Amazon: Clarence Thomas, Michael Brown documentaries, books on gender top growing list
In recent memory Amazon has removed books from its online store, used its web services to deplatform a social media app popular with conservatives an even blocked a film about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas from its streaming service.

The documentary about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas vanished from Amazon’s streaming service during Black History Month.
Filmmaker Michael Pack told the Wall Street Journal that he was never offered an explanation as to why Amazon removed it.

Conservative author Ryan T. Anderson said this week his book, "When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment," was removed from Amazon last month.

.......riot at the U.S. Capitol. Soon after, Amazon Web Services disconnected Parler from its servers with just 24 hours notice.
Amazon initially told Alex Berenson last year his booklet on coronavirus, "Unreported Truths about COVID-19 and Lockdowns: Part 1," didn’t meet the company’s guidelines.

Filmmaker Eli Steele said last year Amazon blocked his film about the death of Michael Brown from appearing on its platform and he feels it was simply because his story "is not the politically correct narrative."

Does anyone else think there is a pattern beginning to emerge......or am I just adding fuel to the fire?
Find them by checking other providers. What's so sacred about Amazon?
 
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should bakeries be allowed to refuse to sell cakes they find personally offensive?
So they should be forced to decorate (which is what this is really about) a 'pornographic' cake? Say.....well, use your imagination.....
 
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So they should be forced to decorate (which is what this is really about) a 'pornographic' cake? Say.....well, use your imagination.....
Amazon sells cake?:scratch:
 
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I said no such thing in that response. Please try to be truthful.

Did too. At least in the response that prompted my first comment that you started to nitpick about.

Please try to be careful when accusing others of being untruthful.
 
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Did too. At least in the response that prompted my first comment that you started to nitpick about.

Please try to be careful when accusing others of being untruthful.
And that reply was directed to you. Sorry, but your words betray you.....
 
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So they should be forced to decorate (which is what this is really about) a 'pornographic' cake? Say.....well, use your imagination.....
The bakery is within its rights to refuse commerce based on their own taste. (Except based on intrinsic customer status, like race etc.)
 
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The bakery is within its rights to refuse commerce based on their own taste. (Except based on intrinsic customer status, like race etc.)
But it is OK to ban a book because Amazon disagrees with what is written calling it 'hate speech' without defining what 'hate speech' is and not specifying what in the book falls under their definition of 'hate speech'?
 
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But it is OK to ban a book because Amazon disagrees with what is written calling it 'hate speech' without defining what 'hate speech' is and not specifying what in the book falls under their definition of 'hate speech'?
They arent obliged to post rules or even have rules.

If you own a bookstore do you have to post rules explaining what books you will or wont carry? No. You just use your own discretion.
 
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