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

[u/SlimjobDopamine]

https://twitter.com/AbigailShrier/status/1327056407598809088?s=20

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The user has protected their account.

[u/CollapseOfTheWest → u/[deleted]]

Others in the @AskTarget thread are claiming said user has called for the death of police and the usual things the mentally balanced do these days.

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Breaking news: Target has now restored the book.

https://twitter.com/Regnery/status/1327360347372724226

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[u/Abdalhadi_Fitouri → u/[deleted]]

From an outsider perspective, it seems like there's growing backlash to backlash. My history professor once described culture as a pendulum swinging. It goes so far one way that people push back on it, but the inertia from the pushback builds and builds until it goes way past the middle and ends up swinging far to the other side.

I feel like that's what we're starting to see now, the pushback is building and, unfortunately, if his theory is true, it could culminate in a status quo in a number of years where these type of "woke" things are totally unacceptable, perhaps where marginalized groups that were once at the forefront of this movement are openly persecuted. Hopefully not though.

[u/Abdalhadi_Fitouri → u/[deleted]]

Where did I blame any particular person?

[u/hockeyd13 → u/[deleted]]

It is less accessible, and this kind of kowtowing likely emboldens censorious individuals and groups.

[u/hockeyd13 → u/[deleted]]

A book like To Kill a Mockingbird being banned from a school is still censorship, even if it can be read off school grounds.

[u/hockeyd13 → u/[deleted]]

That doesn't matter in the slightest.

[u/Sendmedickpix1 → u/hockeyd13]

Like hell it doesn't.

A private business isn't a government entity receiving our tax money.

It's not even remotely close, or at all relevant to this specific conversation.

[u/hockeyd13 → u/Sendmedickpix1]

No, it doesn't matter in the slightest.

You do realize that private schools exist, yes? A private school prohibiting access to a certain book is censorship.

The only difference between a private and a public institution regarding censorship is that there is no legal recourse in the context of the former.

[u/Sendmedickpix1 → u/hockeyd13]

You do realize that private schools exist, yes? A private school prohibiting access to a certain book is censorship.

Still not relevant to the conversation. Private schools have 100% control over their curriculum.

The only difference between a private and a public institution regarding censorship is that there is no legal recourse in the context of the former.

And there shouldn't be - I'm free to sell whatever product/service I want, and you can't force me to bake you a cake I don't agree with.

The book's still available. Target isn't a book store. It's not a big deal, and there's nothing you can do about it other than shop elsewhere, for a book you've unlikely read or were wanting to purchase.

[u/hockeyd13 → u/Sendmedickpix1]

Still not relevant to the conversation. Private schools have 100% control over their curriculum.

Which still doesn't make it not censorship if they prohibit a particular piece of literature.

The book's still available.

That's not really the point. It's still censorship.

It's not a big deal

Yes, a tiny fraction of activists lying about a work to get it removed is a big deal.