These "liberal" patriots intent on silencing all members of the Trump administration, for contributing to "evil," demanded no such step against members of the (second) Bush administration—including, among others, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, John Bolton, John Yoo (a Trump defender), and George W. Bush himself, all of whom have profited from their memoirs (and, in Bush's case, a volume of his paintings)—presumably because what they did, in Iraq and Afghanistan, at Gitmo, and in torture chambers all over the world, was not as "evil" as the fracas in the Capitol.

Nor was there any such demand for the book industry to shun the likes of Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton (author of Hard Choices), Susan Rice (author of Tough Love), Robert Gates, or anybody else on Team Obama, including Obama himself (and, "in her own write," Michelle), presumably because what they did, in Libya, Somalia, Yemen, Syria and Pakistan, as well as Iraq and Afghanistan, and in Ukraine, was not as evil as the fracas in the Capitol. Nor was Obama's drone war, including the summary execution of US citizens, or the persecution of Julian Assange (which Trump stepped up), as evil as the fracas in the Capitol.  

If there's any evidence that Trump and his administration were, in fact, fascistic, let's discuss it. I would call this letter indisputably fascistic; but if there's any argument against that claim, let's hear it. 

MCM  

Industry Members Unite to Block Trump Administration Book Deals

By Ed Nawotka | 
Jan 15, 2021
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/85329-industry-members-unite-to-block-trump-administration-book-deals.html


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An Anti-Trump protestor makes his views known.

Author Barry Lyga has posted an open letter signed by more than 250 authors, agents, booksellers, and publishers supporting their opposition to any publisher signing up President Donald Trump or members of his administration for any further book deals.

"Traditionally, members of an outgoing administration can—and do—rely on the cushion of a fat book contract with a healthy advance. In the case of the Trump Administration and its history of outrages, lies, and incitement to insurrection, we cannot allow this to stand. No one should be enriched for their contribution to evil," Lyga wrote in an email to PW.

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Titled "No Book Deal for Traitors," the letter reads, as follows:

We all love book publishing, but we have to be honest—our country is where it is in part because publishing has chased the money and notoriety of some pretty sketchy people, and has granted those same people both the imprimatur of respectability and a lot of money through sweetheart book deals.

As members of the writing and publishing community of the United States, we affirm that participation in the administration of Donald Trump must be considered a uniquely mitigating criterion for publishing houses when considering book deals.

Consequently, we believe: No participant in an administration that caged children, performed involuntary surgeries on captive women, and scoffed at science as millions were infected with a deadly virus should be enriched by the almost rote largesse of a big book deal. And no one who incited, suborned, instigated, or otherwise supported the January 6, 2021, coup attempt should have their philosophies remunerated and disseminated through our beloved publishing houses.

“Son of Sam” laws exist to prevent criminals from benefiting financially from writing about their crimes. In that spirit, those who enabled, promulgated, and covered up crimes against the American people should not be enriched through the coffers of publishing.

We are writers, editors, journalists, agents, and professionals in multiple forms of publishing. We believe in the power of words and we are tired of the industry we love enriching the monsters among us, and we will do whatever is in our power to stop it.




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