Astonishing call for censorship of Justice
Amy Coney Barrett by publishing industry figures
American Thinker,
by
Thomas Lifson
Original Article
Posted By: Magnante,
10/28/2022 7:49:25 AM
Even as they claim to oppose censorship, a group of almost 500 people from the literary world (snip) have signed onto a call for Penguin Random House to drop a forthcoming book by Justice Amy Coney Barrett. (snip) "We recognize that harm is done to a democracy not only in the form of censorship, but also in the form of assault on inalienable human rights. As such, we are calling on Penguin Random House to recognize its own history and corporate responsibility commitments by reevaluating its decision to move forward with publishing Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s forthcoming book" Do none of these people (snip) see the contradiction here?
Reply 1 - Posted by:
downnout 10/28/2022 7:56:43 AM (No. 1316650)
Lee Child is one of the signatories. Goodbye, Jack Reacher.
16 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 10/28/2022 7:57:30 AM (No. 1316652)
Five hundred people for censorship that I've never heard of, but I live in flyover country and am one of the deplorables.
15 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Northcross 10/28/2022 8:10:28 AM (No. 1316668)
Undoubtedly these same 500 are condemning school districts for not putting graphic sex literature in the school libraries.
13 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 10/28/2022 8:12:00 AM (No. 1316672)
Further bolstering my contention that the publishing industry is nothing but a slush fund to funnel kickbacks and bribes to Rat politicians who receive thousands in bogus advances for books that sell in pitiful quantities. But conservatives publishing books? That's verboten!
20 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
halfnorsk 10/28/2022 8:15:54 AM (No. 1316678)
And to these self-important twits I reply (with thanks to Mont Python), "Your Mother Was A Hamster And Your Father Smelt Of Elderberries!"
17 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
udanja99 10/28/2022 8:31:13 AM (No. 1316687)
I just scanned the list of signatories. One of them is a “bookseller at Barnes and Noble”. So someone who runs the cash register at a book store can call for censoring a Supreme Court Justice? Does that mean that I get to sign on to censoring Hillary the next time her ghost writer pumps out another piece of Marxist claptrap?
Hugely disappointed in Lee Child. I’ve been a Reacher fan since the first book but am with you, #1 - no more.
17 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
Rinktum 10/28/2022 8:44:58 AM (No. 1316699)
How about all of these almost 500 signatories just refuse to buy the book? That’s how things work in our Constitutional Republic based upon our Bill of Rights or, at least, that’s how it used to work. We are fundamentally against censorship. Now all these so called learned people want to squash any speech they disagree with. How insecure are these fools that they must silence any dissent? Can’t have another opinion out there in the public square to influence anyone, that’s their job, after all. They are the elites. How in the world did our country get turned upside down so quickly? What leftists know is that given a choice the people will choose a more conservative approach to government and they cannot have that.
16 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Califedup 10/28/2022 8:45:20 AM (No. 1316700)
Why is this astonishing? Why do all of these conservative writers continually appear to be astonished, surprised, or dismayed by the actions of the Communist Death Democrats in their war on our country and ourselves? This behavior is routine by the Communist Death Democrats and is not astonishing. No one is safe including and especially Supreme Court Justices. Wake up Mr. Lifson. We are in a war of survival against an enemy that has no rules or moral conscience in achieving their totalitarian goal. They will use any means available to destroy their enemies which is us. They are already imprisoning people who disagree with their totalitarian agenda. Wake up. We are at war.
18 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
mobyclik 10/28/2022 8:52:47 AM (No. 1316708)
''We were against censorship before we were for censorship...for conservatives.''
10 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
olrtex 10/28/2022 9:02:53 AM (No. 1316721)
This has a rather pitiful/comical aspect to it, even though it is sad that you could find 500 Americans in favor of such stark censorship. One of the signers identifies himself/herself/themselves as "Al Al, I work in publishing!" And another identifies as simply "reader." It's just a list of 500 amoral dingbats who believe women have an inalienable right to kill their unborn babies.
11 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
GustoGrabber 10/28/2022 9:12:07 AM (No. 1316742)
Random House has shareholder obligations to maximize profits, not change the perceived social fabric of society. A forgotten dynamic for most corporations.
8 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
former lurker 10/28/2022 9:41:21 AM (No. 1316795)
OK, I scanned the list......mostly no-names, low level employees barely connected to the publishing world or random readers. Not surprisingly the majority are women. Why do so many progressive woman hate successful women?
8 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
sw penn 10/28/2022 9:57:14 AM (No. 1316822)
"a group of almost 500 people from the literary world (snip) have signed onto a call
for Penguin Random House to drop a forthcoming book by Justice Amy Coney Barrett."
Unlikely to happen.
The pendulum is in full swing.
They wouldn't even be trying this stunt,
if they couldn't feel it too.
2 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
faceincrowd 10/28/2022 10:10:47 AM (No. 1316841)
Words mean things. Shoveling a stew of fancy words out of your pie hole doesn't mean they make any sense.
4 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
skacmar 10/28/2022 10:44:34 AM (No. 1316888)
Like everyone else, these 500 idiots have a choice. Buy or do not buy Amy Coney Barrett's book or not. If you think it is a "threat", then don't buy it. However, you don't even know what is in it. I also bet that each of the people on this list would scream their brains out if someone suggested that their book not be published or sold because of their content or who they were. If Justice Amy Coney Barrett suggested that one of their books not be published or sold they would be calling it judicial tyranny and the start of a police state. These people are a bunch of hypocrites!
6 people like this.
Well, guess I'll be buying that book -- and copies as gifts for friends and family!
3 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
jasmine 10/28/2022 11:52:14 AM (No. 1316978)
FTA: "It has to be possible to balance freedom of expression with wider moral and social responsibilities."
It is. That's why we have three branches of government tasked with "balancing" each other. The three branches are supposed to protect the rights and interests of the American people and uphold our Constitution. If the current Executive and Legislative branches had done their jobs and put America FIRST, they wouldn't have to worry about voters holding them accountable, which they will in droves, on election day.
The late Stevie Remmington, director of the Oregon ACLU used to remind folks wanting to censor speech that "The remedy for speech you don't like is more speech." How ironic that the corporate publishing industry is openly pressuring one book publisher to drop a book, rather than let the market decide if it's worth reading or not. Their effort to prevent publication just might make it a best seller. Justice Barrett's book will be on my reading list for sure.
4 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
MickTurn 10/28/2022 9:08:04 PM (No. 1317468)
I'll bet the Skeleton in the Closet at Random House IS that, in the past, they either supported Hitler, or Communists.
0 people like this.
Below, you will find ...
Most Recent Articles posted by "Magnante"
and
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)