Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 22:36:03 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Inconvenient lefties Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <17c0c13d249c8eca$72548$1768716$4ad50060@news.newsdemon.com> <17c0ceb693286352$341$3121036$c0d58a68@news.newsdemon.com> <2MucnTxnR-96cJn7nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@giganews.com> <17c0fc54e55b8534$37200$3384359$c2d58868@news.newsdemon.com> <17c109af9b28102b$53484$2218499$46d50c60@news.newsdemon.com> Content-Language: en-US From: moviePig In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 86 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.hasname.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 02:36:03 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 5664 X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c1b8d635b7ac12$126118$1351842$40d50a60@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 6067 On 3/30/2024 4:14 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > In article , FPP > wrote: > >> Your side is banning words, and banning books, and banning curriculum >> there, Sparky. > > Oh, don't worry. You hypocritical lefties will ban books in a heartbeat > if they don't meet your ideological rigor: > >> An online bookstore that advertised itself as being committed to sharing >> ideas, even those which are deemed controversial, has removed titles from >> conservative authors amid backlash. >> >> Television host and activist RuPaul is a co-founder of the "all-inclusive" >> online bookstore Allstora, according to National Review. He started the >> online store with LGBTQ advocate and author Eric Cervini and drag performer >> Adam Powell. >> >> The site advertised that they would carry titles from authors of all points >> of view, and books for sale on the site initially ranged from Adolf Hitler's >> "Mein Kampf" to the graphic, controversial coming-of-age book "Gender Queer". >> >> "We're a marketplace for all books and all stories, with a focus on elevating >> marginalized voices," the site originally touted, according to NR. "You may >> find books you disagree with," a pop-up ad warned, while the FAQ page said, >> "Allstora has made the decision to carry all books" and "censorship of any >> book, perspective, or story is incompatible with the survival of democracy." >> >> "Banning books is never the answer," the site's messaging, which has since >> been deleted, said, according to The Mary Sue. "We cannot fight the >> ideologies of hate if we lack the ability to study, understand, and react to >> them. We do that by reading books." >> >> However, left-wing activists were outraged that Allstora offered titles by >> Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Matt Walsh, Riley Gaines, and Libs of TikTok founder >> Chaya Raichik, among others. At first, the website's founders attempted to >> diffuse tension by promising to create "a community-led flagging system for >> titles that are contrary to our core values and donating all proceeds from >> these titles to fight book bans," National Review noted. >> >> But that wasn't enough. After three days of critics railing against Allstora >> for selling "homophobic", "transphobic", "anti-woke", and "Nazi" books, the >> founders relented and removed all free speech messaging from the page. Many >> works by conservative authors were removed from the page, while some other >> titles remained available. >> >> The drama comes on the heels of RuPaul announcing a "Rainbow Book Bus" that >> seeks to distribute "diverse books to communities facing book bans and >> censorship, especially in LGBTQ+ communities". The bus will embark on a cross >> country tour later this year, the DRAG RACE host told People during an >> interview this month. > > And you've got a lotta balls condemning Republicans for 'banning words'. > You guys are the ultimate language police. > > First it was 'illegal alien' that was banned in favor of 'undocumented > immigrant', then that was too "othering", so we couldn't say that any > more either. Now it's 'pre-citizen', but I'm sure even that will be > decried as 'stigmatizing' at some point. Hell, the latino grievance > groups have even declared that calling someone a 'Mexican' is racist, > even if they are a Mexican citizen from Mexico. > > Then there's 'gangs' and 'thug'. Not allowed to say them anymore because > they 'stigmatize' blacks and latinos. Which forces good little progs to > beclown themselves like Newsom did during a press conference about gang > violence where he refused to say the word 'gang' and instead was > thoroughly mocked for bowing to the prog mob and calling them 'groups of > folks'. > > And there's all the words that are no longer allowed because the troons > get worked up over them, like "mother". The leftist government currently > in power has banned that horrible term in favor of "birthing person". > The troons actually want Mother's Day to be renamed Birthing Person Day. > > But yeah, you go on and keep whining about Republicans banning words. The tactic you're describing was invented by this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Luntz ....a *Conservative* who "advocated use of vocabulary crafted to produce a desired effect; including use of the term 'death tax' instead of 'estate tax', and 'climate change' instead of 'global warming'."