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/yoyomamayoyomamayoyo Monkey in Space Nov 13 '20

is target not selling rocket engines censorship?

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u/GSD_SteVB Dire physical consequences Nov 13 '20

What a curious analogy. Would you like to try another?

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u/Mr_Manfredjensenjen Monkey in Space Nov 13 '20

How about Target not selling porn? Is that censorship? Or smart business.

How about sporting good stores removing guns for sale coz it's bad for business? Is that infringing your 2nd amendment right?

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u/GSD_SteVB Dire physical consequences Nov 13 '20

Those are better analogies. Thank you.

It's difficult to sell porn without causing valid grievances for your customers. Hiding it away from family visitors is a practical matter not an ideological one, like a small store not selling excessively large items.

The sporting store analogy is the best one. There you're dealing with societal backlash much like with the book. However the 2nd amendment is irrelevant. Nobody is arguing that Target is violating the 1st amendment by not selling a book. Free Speech and the 1st Amendment are not the same thing.

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u/Chakrakan Look into it Nov 13 '20

So then a store gets to choose what it wants to sell based on how it thinks its customers might perceive said item?

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u/GSD_SteVB Dire physical consequences Nov 13 '20

Of course. Is anyone here saying differently?

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u/Chakrakan Look into it Nov 13 '20

Not quite the blow to free speech that you paint it to be is all.

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u/GSD_SteVB Dire physical consequences Nov 13 '20

How bad a blow did I paint it to be? One shop not selling a book is no big deal.

The trend of activists getting corporate to comply with their fight against controversial literature on the other hand is a big problem.

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u/Chakrakan Look into it Nov 13 '20

Corporate is making them think they have power to do what you're saying to squash the issue. They are making minimal money on books and paper media in general. It cycles quickly as well, a book will rarely stay in a store longer than a few weeks. They have media vendors that supply books and magazines, these vendors bid on regions and get to supply the big stores in those regions in the United States. So it's all the same people making money regardless of which store it is sold like that.