RuPaul’s new online bookstore under fire for selling right-wing extremist, anti-LGBTQ+ titles - eviltoast
  • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
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    8 months ago

    There’s a fundamental difference between allowing Nazis to gather in your bar and selling works by fascist authors. First and foremost is the reality that anti-fascist action requires knowledge of fascist rhetoric, it is not just Nazis that have read Mein Kampf. It’s also just an unfair comparison. Nazis aren’t going to be attracted to buying their rhetoric only from a drag queen and hanging out in an online book seller’s coffee shop…

    And even if they were… Good? Experience is the bane of fear and hate.

    I personally don’t think it’s particularly worthwhile, but there’s also the aspect of harm reduction.

    Would you rather RuPaul get the proceeds from the sale, or the Koch Brothers?

    This is not a simple question with objective facts to lean on. It is a conflux of opinion and ideology.