Originally published at: Far-right Exults at Brief Amazon ‘Suppression’ of Favorite Racist Book - TPM – Talking Points Memo
For the publisher of a book that is both derided as racist drivel and lauded as deeply influential among Trump administration immigration restrictionists, there’s nothing more valuable than being able to claim you’ve been cancelled. In this case, far-right activists are alleging censorship after Amazon briefly delisted a paperback version of the Camp of the…
Who in MAGA-world has the brain power and the attention span to read an entire book? I’m pretty sure that about 120 characters pushes the limit of their abilities.
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Interesting that they object to a private business responding to the free market…
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Just checked on how the ocean currents move in the Indian Ocean,
so how does one take a raft and float/sail to Europe from the Indian Ocean? Do these people not know how to look at a map?
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Oh, you and your “facts.”
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Rundell told TPM that he heard from his distributor that Amazon had pulled the listings after finding that the book was in violation of the company’s “offensive content policy.”
I thought that the right wing was all about free speech of service providers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masterpiece_Cakeshop_v._Colorado_Civil_Rights_Commission
In the Amazonbooks case, publicity is the goal.
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I miss the days when racists kept to the shadows, when publicly espousing those views was seen as a deal breaker. I hate that these people no longer fear exposure because they know it won’t be the end of their careers, that there are well-funded organizations which will support them because of their vile beliefs. The internet has been a boon to so many people who needed a community to support them in times of hardship, it’s terrible that it’s also given community to people who only want to spread hatred.
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They’re MAGATs, so no.
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Obviously, they paid the lowest tonnage fee ($30K) for raft transit via the Suez Canal.
Of course, it was a logistical nightmare for the Canal, as the waterway was jammed by 5000-10,000 rafts (assuming 10-20 migrants per raft).
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Amazon will do anything for a fee….
“For that, we’re grateful,” he said.
Just spell the name right.
Who cares if somebody really believes “they” want to replace all white people, justifying anybody going after “them” in any way because the end justifies the means?
Bannon and Miller have a strange taste in fiction, but it’s a free country, even though they hate that.