Violence in a box of books
What has happened to the grownups? This is the second time in as many days I’ve asked that.
A “violent” incident – that’s teenager talk, it’s the worst kind of idiot-Twitter talk, it’s frenzied catastrophizing tantrum talk.
Executions? Torture? Banishment?
The “community” are collectively sharpening their torches and lighting their pitchforks in response:
Sigh. I wish the ABA would have replied: “Yes, we included that book intentionally. Sorry you don’t like it. Sucks to be you.”
The readers’ responses are so irritatingly entitled.
Read the apology out loud in a dramatic voice. It sounds every bit as stupid as it does in your head.
Abigail Shrier’s comment is just perfect, and cannot be improved on. I hope the bullying gets her a large increase in sales.
It probably is. Book is trending on Twitter right now.
Amazon sales of Irreversible Damage right now:
LGBTQ+ Demographic Studies: #1, #2, #3
Medical Adolescent Psychology: #1, #2
I don’t know if that’s in response to this ABA thing, but I find it reassuring.
FFS. Don’t apologize when you’ve done nothing wrong. Don’t apologize for more than what you have done. Doing so gains you no friends, only abusers whose power over you is no more than you have given them.
And you’ll deserve what you get.
Better to be Sarah.
There have been times when I have thought about sending one of my books to Ken Ham; see if I can get a good banning going. I could use the sales.
Once I no longer have to rely on my job to eat, I might do it.
Are we quite sure the books weren’t mounted on a spring so they would pop out like a Jack-in-the-box, smacking people in the face? Because I think we would all agree that’s somewhat violent.
Well, it WAS put out by Regnery. And it is an unpleasant surprise that the ABA regards them as a serious publishing house.