(sigh)…I need some advice from internet land. What I don’t need is to be called a “woke snowflake” and anybody who says something to that effect will be permanently booted from my immediate vicinity. I have two whole bookcases full of unread books and some of those books were written by authors of…questionable character. Do I read those books anyways? Do I mercilessly roast the authors who wrote them when I do my online reviews? Do I sell the books online or donate them to either a library or a thrift store? In case you’re wondering which books I’m talking about, here’s a brief list of what I’ve got:
1. “Al Franken: Giant of the Senate” by Al Franken
2. “Bobby Kennedy” by Chris Matthews
3. “Book of Guys, The” by Garrison Keillor
4. “Cuckoo’s Calling” by Robert Galbraith
5. “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” by JK Rowling
6. “God Delusion, The” by Richard Dawkins
7. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” by JK Rowling
8. “House of Dragons” by Jessica Cluess
9. “Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot” by Al Franken
Now…you’ll notice right away that conspicuous by their absences are Frank Miller and CJ Box. You could call that hypocrisy on my part. You could say that I don’t have a consistent gage for what I consider to be toxic behavior. Or you could say that you know you done fucked up as an author when you’re considered more toxic than Frank Miller and CJ Box. As far as I know, CJ Box hasn’t tried to grope women in public. Frank Miller seems remorseful over some of his bad comics, as opposed to covering his own ass like Jessica Cluess. What do you guys make of all this? And remember: be respectful in the comments section. I know this isn’t everyone’s favorite topic, so if you don’t have anything cool to say, then skip over this post.
No comments:
Post a Comment