Posted on 03/18/2021 8:17:06 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
On Thursday, Attorney General Todd Rokita (R-Ind.) warned Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos that his office is considering legal action after the company removed a conservative book from its inventory.
In 2018, Ryan T. Anderson — now the president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) — published When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment, a scholarly and scientifically-informed warning against the transgender movement. The book disappeared from Amazon shortly before the House of Representatives voted to pass the pro-transgender Equality Act.
“I will be watching closely and with interest how Amazon continues down this path of censorship and the impact it has on Hoosier consumers. My Office will not hesitate to take action if and when Amazon’s practices harm consumers and violate Indiana law,” Rokita warned Bezos.
“I ask you to inform me promptly who made Amazon’s decision regarding Mr. Anderson’s book and why. While Amazon issued a statement providing that it will not allow books that call LGBTQ+ issues mental disorders, Mr. Anderson has since indicated that his book does no such thing,” the attorney general noted. “I also ask that you inform me of any statements by Amazon that inform consumers that Amazon makes decisions whether to offer certain products based on considerations of ideology.”
Rokita noted that Amazon is essentially “the world’s largest bookstore.” He also noted that Mein Kampf, The Communist Manifesto, and the Peaceful Pill Handbook (an assisted suicide book) remain available on Amazon. “Certainly, those books have contributed to more death, pain, suffering, and destruction than Mr. Anderson’s ever could,” the attorney general wrote.
“The pernicious effect of Amazon’s actions will be to severely limit consumers’ options because of a desire to crush opposing viewpoints,” Rokita warned.
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I can’t avoid all shopping on Amazon - but I’ve diverted my shopping to other online stores - like all my book purchases to Barnes and Noble.
Yes. At times it isn’t easy. I started doing the same when they did what they did to Parler. But I’ve also been surprisingly successful. :D. At least we are actively doing it. I DO like going directly to businesses websites now. Thanks for sharing. :D
Ha! Now I will purchase this book to read it. Sounds interesting.
“considering legal action”
Why hesitate?
The bannings will probably greatly increase the sales of the book. The result is the opposite of what was intended.
bookmark
Where is that book available?
Unsure. I was going to research.
I’ve tried to avoid Amazon. There have been two times I ordered directly from a non-Amazon website but the product was shipped from Amazon anyway. It’s almost impossible to avoid them.
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