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Book publishers hiring "sensitivity readers" to weed out "offensive" content
Tactical Nuke:
--- Quote from: Satan From Wreck-It-Ralph on February 20, 2017, 12:19:27 AM ---you know theyre trying their hardest to be inoffensive so they can make more money, right? something controversial like a protagonist being an anti-semite would probably cut into sales.
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who determines what's offensive or not?
I could apply for a position and find nothing wrong, meanwhile a blubbering shivering piece of fecal matter could also apply and flag the entire book
if you wouldn't trust people with punching national socialists, why would you trust them telling you what is good and bad?
Satan From Wreck-It-Ralph:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on February 20, 2017, 12:21:40 AM ---who determines what's offensive or not?
I could apply for a position and find nothing wrong, meanwhile a blubbering shivering piece of fecal matter could also apply and flag the entire book
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do you do anything other than get mad about the evil sjws online?
Foxscotch:
--- Quote from: Satan From Wreck-It-Ralph on February 20, 2017, 12:23:05 AM ---do you do anything other than get mad about the evil sjws online?
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maybe he needs a safe space from the sjws
Blocky943:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on February 20, 2017, 12:11:18 AM ---so many 1984 parallels, so little time!!!
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ftfy
PhantOS:
if you don't like your extremely insensitive book being flagged by the publisher, find a different publisher
we live in a democracy with business freedom and the freedom to choose who you want to publish your book. exercise that freedom instead of "fascism! censorship! ahh!" if Phanto's Children Books Publishing Service wants to hire a sensitivity reader to make sure there isn't any tribal or islamophobic bullstuff in it, they should be allowed to do it without you complaining about it.
the world shouldn't run on put this in and you're evil, but it also shouldn't run on put this in or you're evil