I’d fire every one of them. They do not have the commitment to free speech and hearing diverse voices that good publishing demands.
The letter claims its signatories “care deeply about freedom of speech” and “recognize that harm is done to a democracy not only in the form of censorship, but also in the form of assault on inalienable human rights.”
“As such, we are calling on Penguin Random House to recognize its own history and corporate responsibility commitments by reevaluating its decision to move forward with publishing Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s forthcoming book,” the letter said.
“The ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health that overturned Roe hinged on exactly what Coney Barrett’s book is reportedly about—the judiciary’s role and ‘how judges are not supposed to bring their personal feelings into how they rule,’” the letter said. “Yet, it seems this is exactly what Coney Barrett has done, inflicting her own religious and moral agenda upon all Americans while appropriating the rhetoric of even-handedness—and Penguin Random House has agreed to pay her a sum of $2 million to do it.”
The letter argues that publishing the book would violate both Penguin Random House’s Code of Conduct and international human rights.
Fucking simpleton left idiots can’t comprehend more than simple bumper sticker slogans. ACB didn’t overturn Roe v Wade. She didn’t take away any person’s rights. She didn’t make abortion illegal. They just can’t understand that, simp fools that they are.
I hope Barrett’s book becomes a bestseller and PRH makes an obscene fortune on it. So much so that PRH can shovel some of its capitalistic greed into the pockets of even its own most whiney, fascist staffers. Something tells me their shallow sensibilities wouldn’t reject those evil spoils of capitalism. Let them whine. You don’t have to listen.