Proving once again that inside every “progressive” is a totalitarian screaming to get out. My latest in FrontPage:
Over 200 employees of Simon & Schuster have gone full fascist, signing a petition calling on the publishing giant to stop providing a platform for everyone except fellow leftist fascists. The haters of the freedom of speech made three demands:
1. Cancel the two-book deal with Mike Pence and do not sign any more book deals with former members of the Trump administration.
2. End Simon & Schuster’s distribution deal with Post Hill Press [which publishes conservative books].
3. Commit to ongoing reevaluations of all clients, authors, distribution deals, and all other financial commitments that promote white supremacist content and/or harm the aforementioned marginalized communities.
The fascists claimed that “when S&S chose to sign Mike Pence, we broke the public’s trust in our editorial process, and blatantly contradicted previous public claims in support of Black and other lives made vulnerable by structural oppression. Simon & Schuster has chosen complicity in perpetuating white supremacy by publishing Mike Pence and continuing to distribute books for Post Hill Press, including predator Matt Gaetz’s FIREBRAND. By choosing to publish Mike Pence, Simon & Schuster is generating wealth for a central figure of a presidency that unequivocally advocated for racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, anti-Blackness, xenophobia, misogyny, ableism, islamophobia, antisemitism, and violence. This is not a difference of opinions; this is legitimizing bigotry.”
Of course. No dissent from the left is a legitimate “difference of opinions,” because leftists see the world in a way that religious fanatics throughout history would find familiar: they alone have the vision of what is good and just, and since all those outside the fold are ignorant and evil, they have no rights that the arbiters of what constitutes acceptable opinion are bound to respect.
So far, however, Simon & Schuster’s chief executive Jonathan Karp has shown himself to be among the unredeemed. Karp reminded the fascists in his employ that the job of a publishing house was to allow for “a diversity of voices and perspectives.”Diversity! Karp’s choice of words must have driven the petitioners up the wall, because like all leftists, they are no doubt extremely proud of their commitment to “diversity” in all forms except, of course, a genuine diversity of thought. Black and brown and queer and trans voices and all the rest are welcome among them, as long as they all think the same way and say the same thing. But here was Karp gently making it clear that the petitioners weren’t really in favor of diversity in any meaningful way. “We come to work each day to publish, not cancel,” he said, “which is the most extreme decision a publisher can make.”
For that he will likely be canceled himself before too long.
The American left long ago embraced authoritarianism and fascism, and is increasingly intolerant of any point of view other than its own. Note that the petitioners included in its laundry list of denunciations the spurious propaganda neologism “Islamophobia.” “Islamophobia” is an illegitimate conflation of two distinct phenomena: crimes against innocent Muslims, which are never justified, and honest analysis of the motivating ideology of jihad terror, which is always necessary. It is inconceivable that anyone would want to publish a book calling for attacks on innocent Muslims or any innocent people, but there are many books discussing the motivating ideology of jihad terrorism.
Islamic advocacy groups and their leftist allies have been insisting for years that such books, too, constituted “Islamophobia.” Such analyses are what these fascists at Simon & Schuster want to stamp out. If the left succeeds in consolidating power, it will be impossible to publish, and likely illegal to enunciate publicly, any opposition to jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women and others, for there is no example of any such opposition not being considered “Islamophobic.”
The fascist employees also demanded that Simon & Schuster cut ties with my publisher, Post Hill Press (my last six books have been or are in the process of being published under Post Hill’s imprint, Bombardier Books), with which Simon & Schuster has a distribution arrangement. The petition libelously asserts that Post Hill “openly supports and normalizes violence against minors, Black women, and all Black people by individuals and the state.” This is, of course, not remotely true. It is how left-fascists lie in order to demonize and destroy their opponents. Although Karp has rejected this petition, expect to see much more of this sort of thing. We have not yet reached the high tide of left-fascism in America today.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
The fascists claimed that “when S&S chose to sign Mike Pence, we broke the public’s trust in our editorial process, and blatantly contradicted previous public claims in support of Black and other lives made vulnerable by structural oppression.”
“and other lives”? So the 200 petitioners are saying that there are some non-Black lives that should be defended? This sounds dangerously like “All Lives Matter”.
gravenimage says
And the idea that Vice President Pence is endagering Black lives is obvious calumny.
Phil Copson says
“…. other lives made vulnerable by structural oppression.”
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I expect the SS staff are thinking of the white people who are being denied relief under Biden’s “Non-White Relief Bill” under which white male business owners are specifically excluded from receiving financial assistance.
We can, of course, all be quite sure that there is no connection at all between the BIden administration’s recognition of the rabidly anti-Semitic “Durban Declaration” / the Leftist’s re-categorisation of Jewish people as “White oppressors” / and the administration’s programme of demonising and discriminating against white people……can’t we ?
maria says
who are now the owners of S@S? fire all these 200 muslimo nazis who are racists and hate the US. They will otherwise destroy the US
gravenimage says
They are owned by Viacom–a big media company.
Wellington says
Directly proportionally to the extent that this is true, then precisely to that extent should all people who cherish liberty buy nothing published by Simon & Schuster.
And to all the Leftist idiots (excuse the redundancy) out there who think that boycotts are the conservative version of Leftist cancel culture, think again you morons. Boycotts are merely an economic tool to send a message to business that if a business is gong to push a certain objectionable agenda, then its products will not be bought.
Leftist cancel culture, by contrast, wants not only the not buying of goods but also the utter silencing of those it disagrees with. It goes way beyond boycotting and wants the complete destruction of a person, effectively their very elimination as a human being and their disallowance to voice their opposition, to the point of annihilation.
Boycotts don’t “aspire” to this. Leftist cancel culture most surely does. And again demonstrating another idiocy of the Left, i.e., moral equivalency thinking.
william says
Wellington: This exactly like the book burning under the Nazis in the 30’s. Do not these people ever read history?
Wellington says
No, I don’t believe they do, william.
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
Thanks for pointing out the significant difference between a legitimate boycott and Leftist cancel culture…
Wellington says
You’re welcome, James. You know, this entire rot about white supremacy pushed by Biden and his handlers (read Obama first and foremost here) is akin to the Nazis blaming the Jews for most everything. The woke Left has made up this entire white supremacy nonsense (yes, there are some white racists but they have almost no power and do not constitute a significant group of people) as a way of going after conservatives in general. It’s a giant lie by the modern Left, which is steeped in mendacity and fascism.
I’ve said it many times and I’ll say it again. The Left ruins everything it touches. It has ruined sports, education, gender, bathrooms, the Boy Scouts, defense, the FBI, the CIA and is presently on another noble quest, this time to ruin pronouns. If not stopped, the Left will utterly ruin America—it’s halfway there already. Just as I despise Islam, so do I despise the Left.
gravenimage says
Fascist Simon & Schuster Employees Demand Publisher Drop Books They Disagree With
Proving once again that inside every “progressive” is a totalitarian screaming to get out.
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So it seems. Note that these are not books by “white supremacists”, but from the former vice president. I could not imagine publishing company employees demanding that their company drop a book by vice president Joe Biden or someone similar.
In fact, those working at publishers–while everyone has preferences–have traditionally been pro-book in general. No more, it appears…
Grace says
Lets have a book burning outside of S&S and burn all the manuscripts they are refusing to publish. Show the dumbed down, brain washed liberal citizens what is really going on in their socialist paradise and what is in store for liberty when the bibles are burned, But that’s for later when book burning becomes a weekly orgy.. It won’t matter too much because our undereducated kids won’t be able to read with comprehension anyway.
gravenimage says
I take your point, Grace–but I imagine such a book burning could be easily misunderstood.
James Lincoln says
Grace,
The Leftists would have the book burners arrested for causing air pollution and global warming – and not obtaining a fire permit / liability insurance.
Of course, BLM and Antifa rioters can burn whole buildings with near impunity…
Roland says
Pretty astonishing! At a time when there’s no institutional racism in the United States, these young sprouts are tilting at windmills and humorlessly parodying the Bolsheviks. Mass hysteria indeed.
Andrew Blackadder says
Well know its for sure that The Left cannot refer to themselves as Progressive or Liberal anymore, and just refer to them as to what they really are…. Regressive and Fascist…
Rob R (Brit stuck in Britainistan) says
In this case, the employees are definitely revolting.
gravenimage says
🙂
truth says
Guess what i did today..? I went to the grocery and guess what..?????? There were other races there blacks,hispanics,indian,korean and me a white guy…. Guess what happened..??? Nothing we all got along did our shopping and went home.. As a matter of fact a black women was in front of me in line.. Now please tell me how all this happened in a white supremacist society..? They believe in something that just doesn’t exist…. These people hate themselves so much they want others to feel like them so they spread their hate like a plaque and the only way to stop it is to fight it..!!!!! God Bless.!!!!!
James Lincoln says
Yes, truth.
Misery loves company, and the Leftists want us all to be hate-filled and miserable…
Infidel says
Can anyone who doesn’t remember believe that this was the same publisher who published both of Rush Limbaugh’s books?
wpm says
I look it up yes Rush Limbaugh,s books are published by Simon and Schuster will the wee easily offended employees try to pressure them to remove them in the near future form their catalog ? The “progressive” idiots are never satisfy with appeasement it only grows their hungry for power. It would be better if Simon and Schuster to grow a back bone and firer the employees ,tell them to start their own publishing house.
Infidel says
wpm, the most striking thing about companies these days is when they stand up for employees being rude to customers. Like stories we hear about a sales clerk who refused to sell something to Brendon Tatum after recognizing him and calling him ‘alt-right’. While there have been fast food joints like Starbucks and McDs who’ve fired employees for being rude to cops, the idea that employees have any say over their customers, beyond pricing, is too surreal for words. I know that the cliche ‘The customer is always right’ is overrated, and have had my share of rude customers, but the idea that an employee can be rude to a customer b’cos s/he simply doesn’t like him/her is unbelievable!
Had I ever owned a business and had an employee refuse to service a customer for any reason (aside from the customer himself being hostile and rude), I’d terminate him on the spot and have security escort him out, and arrange for his termination papers separately. It’s strange that employees have no fear of that happening to them especially in jobs that almost anyone can do
gravenimage says
I dealt directly with the public working at a mall food court right after high school. I never could have imagined acting like this. All customers were treated with respect (even as wise-ass teenagers, the worst that ever happened was that some of us might have snickered about someone’s uncool clothing or hairstyle when we were on break).
And refusing to serve someone due to their perceived political views would have been completely inconceivable–in fact, an abhorrent concept.
Grace says
S&S could cancel themselves right out of business. There are still enough citizens who demand truth and non fiction and enough conservative publishers willing t publish it.
Peace says
Phhhhh…
S&S .. easy, just don’t buy any of their books
Coca Cola .. don’t buy any of their products
Delta .. catch another plane
Facebook .. cancel the account
Twitter .. cancel the account
As these idiots think they are, ??? whatever they think they are doing for the general good ..
If we all did it they would rethink ……
Infidel says
I’m down to my last 5 cans of coke, and have other drinks stacked in my fridge when that is over. Incidentally, Coca Cola has quietly redacted their Critical Race Theory training after the guy who designed it quit the company. However, even if they did grow a spine and stop interfering in politics, I’d avoid their drinks, given how corrosive they happen to be once consumed
Grace says
You don’t have to drink the Coke. In a Household Hints post on line it said there is enough strength of poduct in a can of coke to clean a neglected toilet. I tried it and it works. 4 cans gone.
James Lincoln says
Infidel,
YES !!!
No Coke, Pepsi !!!
Even good for a Cuba Libre.
Unless one just has to have “Woke Coke”…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puJePACBoIo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puJePACBoIo
James Lincoln says
My recommendations:
Remember who is working for who…
The employer should give the over 200 employees of Simon & Schuster 48 hours to retract their three demands – in writing.
If they do not, they should be fired.
Remember…
It took someone with guts like Pres. Ronald Reagan to break up The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) trade union in 1981 following an illegal strike. He gave them 48 hours to return to work or they would be fired.
He followed through…
OLD GUY says
Hell lets just start BURNING books in the town square, like the NAZI did in Germany. If you don’t agree with what a book says burn it. If you don’t agree with a person put them in a work camp. If they are the wrong color or religion but them in a work camp. If people speak out against your ideology or political position lock them up or kill them. Looks like that is where these people who are hell bent on controlling freedom of speech are heading.
They are more than welcome to speak out against anything they disagree with just as the rest of us should be able to disagree with them. COME ON MAN!
Del says
Those 200 should be on a watch list and considered risky employees. At a minimum, no promotions, and as the opportunity presents itself, to provide them with the opportunity to seek more suitable employment or transfer them to a terrorist shithole like Portland, where they would feel more comfortable living with other hate-filled people.
As an employer, none of those 200 would be considered a benefit to the company.
IanB says
The Woke Leftists – the new Puritans.
Wellington says
Though having some reservations about 17th-century Puritans, they also had many positive aspects like true courage and intelligently thinking through their convictions. Someone like Oliver Cromwell comes to mind.
As for Woke Leftists, I can’t off hand think of any positives where they are concerned. Someone like Don Lemon comes to mind.
Infidel says
Except that Oliver Cromwell was a thug who forever tarnished the concept of a republic in Britain. Although that might make a comeback once QEII passes on