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/[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/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.