1/Let us take a journey through the history of Amazon censorship. In 2010 Amazon banned a book called "The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover's Code of Conduct" nbcnews.com/id/wbna40112145
2/Amazon was reluctant to ban this book, saying "Amazon believes it is censorship not to sell certain books simply because we or others believe their message is objectionable," but ultimately caved in.
3/ By 2017 they further caved to pressure and banned materials that deny the Holocaust. Not to surprising since this content is illegal in many countries. thejc.com/news/world/und…
4/ In 2019 they started banning books like "White identity" by Jared Taylor and "Culture of Critique" by Kevin Macdonald. Neither of which are that crazy and hateful. theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/03/12/ama…
5/ It seems to me that Amazon crossed a big Rubicon here banning, an academic book from a professor at a well respected university.
6/ In 2021 they banned a book that was critical of trangenderism called "When Harry Became Sally" , because it didn't want to sell any content that portrayed being LGBT as a mental illness wsj.com/articles/amazo…
7/ I have read this book and nothing about it was very objectionable, it was pretty much just a normie conservative's view of transgender issues. Keep in mind that the majority of American's view changing one's gender as morally unacceptable. news.gallup.com/poll/351020/ch…
8/ So in the span of just 11 short years, Amazon has gone from being afraid to ban the most despicable content to banning something that most American probably agree with.
9/ Banned books week is coming up. If they had any principles they would feature books like the "culture of critique", and "when harry became sally" in high school libraries across America, but I won't hold my breath. bannedbooksweek.org
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