RESISTANCE (AT ALL COSTS): DON’T RESIST IT

Powerline ^ | October 27, 2019 | SCOTT JOHNSON

[Hojczyk]

Kimberley Strassel is the Wall Street Journal columnist and editorial board member who has chronicled the wrongdoing of the unprecedented efforts to undermine the Trump administration inside the government and in the media. Her book Resistance (At All Costs): How Trump Haters Are Breaking America is a journalistic account of the phenomenon. The book was published on October 15,

Coincidentally, as I was working on these remarks this morning, we received this email message about Kim’s book from former SWIFT CEO Leonard Schrank. Writing from Brussels, Mr. Schrank noted:

I was in Boston a week ago for an MIT workshop on Cybersecurity. I had time to hop the MTA to Harvard Square and its famous book store (three floors, classical music playing) at the Harvard Coop. The main floor had table after table featuring the latest books from the usual constellation of liberal/progressive authors. I browsed them all but no Kim Strassel. I finally asked the always helpful Information desk who queried his computer and directed me way up to the third floor “domestic affairs” section. I had to ask for help again on this floor and we finally located three copies buried on the bottom row of a bookshelf. I grabbed my copy and paid.

Being an MIT alumnus, I call this Resistance cubed: Resistance to Resistance about the Resistance.

As Strassel establishes in this valuable book, the tentacles of the Resistance reach wide and deep.

[rktman]

Hmmmmm. Was it in the ‘self help’ section? Yeah, sort of would expect that sort of treatment.

[Lurkinanloomin]

the tentacles of the Resistance reach wide and deep.
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Even to FreeRepublic.

[bitt]

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[frank ballenger]

old article by Michelle Malkin on leftist self indulgent censorship of conservative books by the now out of business Borders Books....
michellemalkin.com/2004/09/15/what-borders-employees-think-of-you/

portion of employee comment section quote:
You guys don’t actually HAVE to sell the thing!
Just “carelessly” hide the boxes, “accidentally” drop them off pallets, “forget” to stock the ones you have, and then suggest a nice Al Franken or Micheal (sic) Moore book as a substitute. I don’t care if these Neandertals (sic) in fancy suits get mad at me, they aren’t regular customers anyway. Other than “Left Behind” books, they don’t read. Anything you can do to make them feel unwelcome is only fair.... even!
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Worse was one who said to damage each conservative author’s new volume as it arrives and set it up for return to publisher — a process that takes weeks or months to get replacement copies.
“The election will be long over by the time the new copies arrive.”

Rush used to report his book was hidden in the fiction or cookbook shelves, readers told him.

The excellent book No Campus For White Men by Scott Greer (a well written one about discrimination and intimidation against conservatives on college campuses and in classrooms)
was stupidly categorized as “education” and thus missed a lot of sales chances. I had to ask and then found in the Barnes & Noble area near kids’ puzzles & games in an area of books about pre-school tips and teacher preparation.

[FormerFRLurker]

The Borg told me resistance was futile. For once I agree with the Borg.

[ridesthemiles]

And brick & mortar book stores wonder why they are DYING.....