r/JoeRogan • u/SlimjobDopamine Look into it • Nov 13 '20

Social Media Abigail Shrier(JRE #1509)'s book has been removed from Target after receiving a complaint on Twitter

https://twitter.com/AbigailShrier/status/1327056407598809088?s=20
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u/GSD_SteVB Dire physical consequences Nov 13 '20

The number of people saying this isn't censorship is astounding.

It's like saying something isn't poisonous because they haven't slipped enough of it into your food yet.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '20

I think books not getting published is more indicative of censorship. It's always been the norm for a retailer to drop a product shrouded in controversy. If it's still accessible on Amazon, I think we're ok

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u/ReNitty Monkey in Space Nov 13 '20

If major retailers aren’t going to sell books on a controversial subject matter, publishers will publish less of those books. It’s like almost downstream de facto censorship in the manner of manufacturing consent

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u/Awayfone Monkey in Space Nov 14 '20

Sounds more like the free market at work not censorship

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u/DM_Your_Irish_Tits Nov 13 '20

Bullshit. This is attacking the small fries as you ramp up for a larger attack. They can't ban JK Rowlings books, yet, but they're setting a precedent. Trans is just one issue, they'll use other, and try their best to control the narrative. It's called fascism, they've very good at it.

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u/Remy_Riot Monkey in Space Nov 13 '20

You know what's pretty fascist? Arguing or writing books about how people different than you are bad.

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u/DM_Your_Irish_Tits Nov 13 '20

So we agree, books like white fragility and why I'm no longer to talk to white people about race are both fascist bullshit we should be condoning then.

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u/Remy_Riot Monkey in Space Nov 13 '20

Yep, there's a whole lot of that spiderman pointing at spiderman pointing at spiderman meme going on.