Posted on 01/11/2021 8:59:21 PM PST by george76
Antifa members in Portland, Oregon are doing their best to take down conservative journalist, Andy Ngo, who has been covering their violent behavior for years. In fact, back in 2019, Ngo was attacked with a cement milkshake simply for documenting Antifa's protests and riots that almost always turn violent.
Ngo has written a book about Antifa's thuggery, called "Unmasked," about how they target people and how their actions threaten our democracy. The book is available for preorder and is set to be released early next month.
When Antifa received word that Ngo's book was for sale at Powell's bookstore, they decided to show up and demand that the local chain cease selling it all together.
Powell's responded by releasing a cushy statement saying they wouldn't sell the book in stores but it would be available for purchase online. It was their version of the "middle ground" even though they don't agree with the content of Ngo's book.
At Powell’s, a lot of our inventory is hand-selected, and hand-promoted. And a lot of our inventory is not. With several million titles available online at any given moment, complete hand-curation is not possible. Unmasked by Andy Ngo came to us through an automatic data feed via one of our long-term and respected publishers, Hachette Book Group. We list the majority of their catalogue automatically, as do many other independent and larger retailers. We have a similar arrangement with other publishers.
This book will not be on our store shelves, and we will not promote it. That said, it will remain in our online catalogue. We carry books that we find anywhere from simply distasteful or badly written, to execrable, as well as those that we treasure. We believe it is the work of bookselling to do so.
Decades ago we received credible bomb threats for selling the work of Salman Rushdie, and yet we carried on. We cannot behave any differently today when we feel differently about the book or writer in question.
Of course, Antifa wasn't happy with it. A bunch of them gathered outside the bookstore in Portland, once again, making the demand that the store no longer sell Ngo's book in any capacity.
One of the people who showed up outside of Powell's bookstore said people need to show up every day until the store decides to stop selling the book. She compared the book to Mein Kampf.
"I completely understand those criticisms saying [Powell's] sells Mein Kampf, they sell these things – but they don't sell the Anarchist Cookbook – but anyways, I see that argument, but at the same time, this is active fascism," she explained. "There's a difference between the historical value that we get from 'Mein Kampf,' to not repeat that. This is different. This is active fascism that we can do something about right now."
Another known Antifa member, Dustin Ferreira, vowed to do whatever he could to get Ngo's book pulled from every outlet possible. The goal is destroy Ngo's career.
This whole thing is ironic. Antifa says Ngo is being a fascist for writing a book... about Antifa's crazy tactics that resulted in him being repeatedly attacked.
Let's look at the definition of fascism.
From Webster's Dictionary:
a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
Antifa complains Ngo is being a fascist. Antifa wants Ngo's book pulled. That is the definition of "forcible suppression of opposition." Antifa – the so-called anti-fascists – are engaging in fascism themselves.
And they wonder why most people don't take their demands seriously?
They should be “booked” as well.
Sorry Antifa, you have been designated as only an idea and hence will have no standing in a court of law.
Now I want a copy of that book for myself!
Andy Ngo is one very brave Patriot. What he has subjected himself to, to EXPOSE the Radical Left most people would not even consider for the briefest moment. Most people lack the Balls to do what he has and is doing for our country. God Bless this guy.
I may disagree with his chosen lifestyle choice but kudo’s for his courage.
Even a homosexual has no fascist friends.
How sweet “tolerance,” is!
If they are anti fascist...why not protest every bookstore selling Mein Kampf?
He can always release it for free via torrent if he really wanted to. With all that he went through though, he deserves to be paid.
Passive-aggressive Cheerleading for that reporter, maybe.
Until Antifa calls them on it, that is.
POTUS Trump for some inexplicable reason never stopped Antifa. He NEVER had any control over DOJ. The President had nothing to lose but the country and we now have lost it.
“Sorry Antifa, you have been designated as only an idea and hence will have no standing in a court of law.”
Almost what I was gonna say before I saw your post. :D
Identify the Antifa bitch.
Making a list, checking it twice!!!
That sounds like a more recent revision of what fascism is [I don’t think the original definition required nationalism as an element, nor racism.] It’s just a highly centralized autocratic state where capital/the means of production is still privately owned, but is controlled and directed by the state through regulation for [the benefit of the state.]
Communism is similar but is a highly centralized autocratic state where capital/the means of production cannot be privately owned and where factories and farms, etc., are the property of the state and directly run by the state for the benefit of the state [but in the name of the people who have no choice in the matter.]
In both systems government replaces family as the authority over children, who are treated as government property, and are used by the state to monitor their parents’ compliance and loyalty.
Bkmk
“He can always release it for free via torrent if he really wanted to”
Funny how Freepers know that being a Hollywood producer, they think I should not champion torrents. I say ‘GO AHEAD”. I already got my money from the studios so I dont care if you get a copy of any of my projects.
BTW, try to download the HOME ALONE 2 torrents before 2016 as they already announce they will edit out Trump scenes from the video.
I stated 2016 BEFORE as some like Rarbg past 2016 edited out the Trump scenes from their torrents..
Andy Ngo _is_ the heroic, authentic journalist that the poseurs at CNN and MSNBC pretend to be. He’s fearlessly covered Antifa, taken a beating and been stalked for it, and continued to do the best job of covering Antifa, hands down. In a sane world, he’d be given a Pulitzer for the best reporting in the country. In our world, the Pulitzer will go to some left-wing fabulist.
FYI,anything pre 2016 will be on Pirate Bay.
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