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On 3/30/2024 4:14 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <uu9d90$1363u$5@dont-email.me>, FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com>
> 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'."