My children’s book Johnny the Walrus was taken off of @Target’s website but they won’t tell us why or explain the decision. They say it’s “under review” but refuse to share review guidelines. Lack of transparency makes it look like they’re just searching for a reason to ban it.
Hi @Target. Can you tell us why the book was placed under review? What standard or policy is it potentially in violation of? These seem like fair questions.
It’s literally a book about a kid pretending to be a walrus. Is make believe now prohibited for children’s stories?
I'm not one to defend Amazon but much of the criticism surrounding the tornado deaths at their factory seem to be coming from people who don't understand tornadoes. Amazon was right to keep the employees in the warehouse and not send them home. That's standard safety protocol.
You don't get into a car and drive during a tornado warning. My wife was out grocery shopping last year when a tornado warning came in and they made everyone stay in the store. Once there's a warning, it's too late to leave. You stay put.
The warehouse should have had some kind of storm shelter. If it didn't then you can certainly blame Amazon for that. But the whole "they made them stay" thing is totally normal procedure and everyone who has been through a tornado warning knows that.
Do me a favor everyone and tweet @AskTarget and ask them why they pulled Johnny the Walrus, which is simply a delightful bestselling children's book about an imaginative young boy who likes to play pretend
We have reached out personally but gotten no response
The Daily Beast has published a claim from another conservative author that I "stole" Johnny the Walrus from her. I'll address this once. It's not even close to true and it's sad that she's decided to run to a left wing rag to hit a fellow conservative.
My wife suggested to me that I write a children's book about a year ago. We came up with the Johnny the Walrus concept together months before this other book came out. I have plenty of documentation that can prove that. I signed a contract with DW last spring
The book took a while to come out because DW hadn't launched its publishing imprint yet. In the meantime, her book was released. I wasn't upset. I'm glad there are other conservative books on the market addressing this topic. Is there only supposed to be one? Really?
I finally watched some of the Chappelle special and it really isn’t very good. He makes a few decent points about gender and PC culture but the whole thing feels overly defensive and almost like an apology. Also there aren’t many jokes. And THIS is what everyone is mad about?
I got the sense that he really wants the LGBT left to accept him and like him so he’s trying to explain himself. It’s definitely not the kind of bold and in your face routine that it’s made out to be.
I find it hard to believe that anyone actually found it to be uproariously funny. He wasn’t even trying to be funny through much of it. And even if I agree with some of the points, I still think comedians need to be funny. That’s like their whole job.
[Thread] Ok. I’ve listened to your feedback. I understand that many of you are upset about what I said. Many of you have told me that my opinion was personally offensive to you. Moreover, my perspective didn’t match with your own lived experience.
Over the course of the last couple of days, I’ve had a chance to reflect. I never intended for my words to cause division, much less hurt and pain. This has been a wake up call. And it’s made me realize something:
I realized that I’m extremely right. More right than I ever imagined. My critics are wrong. They’re also disingenuous, insufferable, and stupid, and their feelings are irrelevant. I’m not sorry at all and never will be.