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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Again, let's stipulate that her tweet (for which she has apologized) was unnecessary and thoughtless. Let's even go further and say that her tweet reeked of racial and class entitlement.

Stipulate all that. But: Why has her book contract been cancelled?

In exactly what way is social justice enhanced by preventing her novel from being published?

That's the kind of sick sh*t that happens in totalitarian societies. Twitter mobs go after you; your friends and colleagues instantly desert you and condemn you; you become a non-person.

This does not advance racial justice. It just adds another injustice on top of the first.[/quote]

Publishers are allowed to decide who they want to associate with.  The author's actions highlighted a part of her personality that they weren't aware of and perhaps made them not interested in having to promote her.  A private publisher has every right to decide who they want to go into business with.  Having her novel published was not some inalienable right. [/quote]

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