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Commenting on the recent furore over DC's hiring of Orson Scott Card to write a certain super-powered hereo.

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[janegray]

Oh God, I HATE it when people confuse "customers voting with their wallet" with "censorship." PEOPLE WHO SELL A PRODUCT ARE NOT ENTITLED TO SALES!

Really, really, really hate it.

[shadur]

Conservatives love the phrase "voting with your wallet" because it gives them the perfect argument against all kinds of government interference with honest business -- you know, like EPA regulations, workplace safety, quality control, the FDA, etc -- saying that they're unneccessary interference because when companies behave too badly people will "vote with their wallets" and buy from their more ethical competitors.

Of course, the moment people do vote with their wallets and explicitly stop giving their money to blatantly unethical companies -- see also, Chik-Fil-A, Wal-Mart -- it's suddenly EVIL LIBRUL CENSORSHIP...

[skemono]

I know, right? It's like, what, are we obligated to buy these things? No! We can choose what to buy or not, and for our own reasons.