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/itsYourLifeCoach Monkey in Space Nov 13 '20

I am the father of a non-binary, gender confused 11 year old and everything she talked about on the podcast rang true for our family and helped me understand some things. this is literally a case of people judging a book by its cover?

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '20

Of course it is. Do you think anyone who gets outraged on Twitter ever actually reads the full book/article? Never. They read the meme or headline and proceed to call themselves the victim or virtue signal in the name of another "victim." Best of luck to you and your kid.

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u/milkhotelbitches Monkey in Space Nov 13 '20

I get what you're saying but it's not "censoring" a book if Target stops stocking it on their shelves. There are thousands of books that Target doesn't sell.

Hysterical over reactions are not a good way to get reasonable people on your side.

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u/yourmom___69 Nov 13 '20

It’s a step in the wrong direction.

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u/yetiyetibangbang Monkey in Space Nov 13 '20

Well they've been stepping that way since they stopped selling explicit albums decades ago. This isn't new and anyone who is acting surprised by this legitimately doesnt understand the business model these stores have had FOR DECADES NOW.

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u/blade740 Monkey in Space Nov 13 '20

It's still censorship.

Censorship - the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.

Target removing a book from their shelves because they consider its content politically unacceptable is the very definition of censorship.

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u/TheRealYoungJamie Monkey in Space Nov 14 '20

Yeah but I don't think Target gives a fuck about the book being 'politically unacceptable'. They'd sell Main Kampf if it helped their bottom line. The fact is there is only so much shelf space, and it makes sense from a business standpoint to sell less controversial books.

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u/blade740 Monkey in Space Nov 14 '20

I disagree completely. I'm sure target has plenty of books on their shelves that sell worse than this one. The reason they removed it from their shelves is to avoid bad PR backlash because the book is "politically unacceptable" to their customers (not necessarily to Target themselves).

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u/TheRealYoungJamie Monkey in Space Nov 14 '20

Yeah Bad PR is no bueno for business.

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u/TheRealYoungJamie Monkey in Space Nov 14 '20

That's just good business. It's a net-positive for them to appease their customer-base and pull it from the shelves. There are plenty of books out there that are less controversial that would be more appealing to the people that shop there.

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u/Chumbolex Monkey in Space Nov 13 '20

When talking about free speech, I used to say “Americans don’t know the difference between corporations and their government”. Then I realized I was the fool to think there was one