That tweet is a response to the news: "Simon & Schuster Cancels Plans for Senator Hawley’s Book/The publisher faced calls to drop the Missouri Republican’s upcoming book, 'The Tyranny of Big Tech,' following criticism of his efforts to overturn the presidential election" (NYT).‘You’re not entitled your book contract,’ can quickly become ‘United doesn’t have to let you onto its planes’ ‘Marriott doesn’t have to let you stay at its hotels,’ or ‘Visa doesn’t have to let you use its cards.’
— Abigail Shrier (@AbigailShrier) January 8, 2021
And maybe that’s the point.
“We did not come to this decision lightly,” Simon & Schuster said in a statement. “As a publisher it will always be our mission to amplify a variety of voices and viewpoints: At the same time we take seriously our larger public responsibility as citizens, and cannot support Senator Hawley after his role in what became a dangerous threat.”...“This could not be more Orwellian,” he said. “Simon & Schuster is canceling my contract because I was representing my constituents, leading a debate on the Senate floor on voter integrity, which they have now decided to redefine as sedition... We’ll see you in court."...
The subject of Mr. Hawley’s book... is not about the election or Mr. Trump, but about technology corporations like Google, Facebook and Amazon. Its cancellation was remarkably swift and raised questions about how publishers will approach future books by conservatives who have supported Mr. Trump’s efforts to invalidate the election....
ADDED: Here's Hawley's full statement:
I'm not sure what his "First Amendment" theory is, but I'd love to see his explanation. There's a folk meaning of "First Amendment" that simply means "freedom of speech," but Hawley is a Yale Law School graduate who had a clerkship with Chief Justice John Roberts, so we must attribute the highest level of constitutional law understanding to him. I await the explication!My statement on the woke mob at @simonschuster pic.twitter.com/pDxtZvz5J0
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 7, 2021
ALSO: Hawley's book about the "tyranny" of Google, Facebook, and Amazon ought to discuss the problem of the repression of freedom of speech, and for all I know, he's got some sophisticated First Amendment theory in there. Send me a PDF of your book, Josh — or just the pages with the First Amendment material. I will give it a sympathetic read!
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207 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 207 of 207Well gee, some folks won't want to buy Simon and Schuster books after this stunt. But I'm sure that Simon and Schuster will pay big bucks for the memoirs of Slow Joe and Kamala--and I defniitely won't buy those books.
Yes, Joe Smith,
I mean "convenient" Christians like Donald Trump,who only,when he realized it was to his advantage, became a "christian" or an "Evangelical".
Vicki from Pasadena
Well, Vicki,
President Trump has spent 4 years protecting Christians from Democrat scum.
The fake Christians Biden and Pelosi will spend whatever time of power they have attacking Christians
So, any Christian who's not a moron, knows who to support
Look up Christian. Please.
I'm ready for a Civil War:
You yahoos are free to go with my blessing.
Victoria @ 1/8/21, 12:35 PM
Obama said, "Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business, you didn't build that." The Left doesn't acknowledge private property rights ... remember? Airlines rely on the FAA to operate. Hotels and restaurants rely on public utilities to operate. The internet was developed by DARPA and the airwaves belong to the public.
Correction ... the internet was developed by Al Gore.
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