So away from stuff that doesn't matter and onto stuff that does:
Amelie Zhao Learns To Love Big Brother - USSA News
Amelie Wen Zhao, a young Chinese woman who moved to the US, had a dream of becoming an author. She spent years chasing this dream, eventually fulfilling it getting an offer from a big publisher; here's her own description of what she chose to write about:
I write fantasy, but my story draws inspiration from themes I see in the real world today. As a foreigner in Trump’s America, I’ve been called names and faced unpleasant remarks — and as a non-citizen, I’ve felt like I have no voice — which is why I’ve channeled my anger, my frustration, and my need for action into the most powerful weapon I have: my words.
BLOOD HEIR is an examination of what makes us different from those around us — be it the horrific ability to manipulate blood or the many reasons why my characters are a band of outcasts — and how we internalize others’ fears of the things that make us stand out. It is a journey of self-acceptance, and a realization that we cannot change who we are or what we are born with, but we can choose what we do with what we are given. It is a story of friendship and love that extend beyond prejudices. And above all, it is a call to action: a message to young readers that it is our choices, not our birthright or race or title, that ultimately define us. Each of us has the choice — and more than that, the responsibility — to stand up and fight for what we believe is right.
We live in a world where I see so many others hurting, like me; where I see fear used as a weapon by those who choose to hate; where I see the age-old monster of prejudice drawing lines between those who are different. My pen is my sword, my words are my voice, and I hope BLOOD HEIR will be a guiding light to those who need it most.
So who would have a problem with this? "Progressives" of course! See, the PR blurb says this:
In a world where the princess is the monster, oppression is blind to skin color, and good and evil exist in shades of gray... comes a dark Anastasia retelling that explores love, loss, fear, and divisiveness, and how ultimately it is our choices who define who we are.
Apparently this is anti-black racism, according to other Twitter-checkmark authors. At one point in the book, there is a slave auction, and one of slaves sings a swan song before dying. Apparently this is anti-black racism too, despite neither of the characters in question being black.
As a result, Zhao was harrassed by a mob demanding that her book not be published because she's a racist, and a subset of those have been attacking the publisher too for daring to consider publishing the abhorrent words of an evil bigot.
Zhao, clearly not used to these mobs, capitulated and let them get their way. This book will now not be published without major revisions, and this artist will no longer be able to express herself the way she feels.
To quote Ray Bradbury: "The real threat is not from Big Brother, but from little sister (and) all those groups, men and women, who want to impose their views from below. If you allow every minority to grab one book off the shelf, you'll have nothing in the library."
Don't let the bastards grind you down. Don't let the mob silence you. When you can no longer speak, you can no longer live.