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'Woke' Simon and Schuster Employees Try to Cancel Pence Book: Publisher Bites Back

Rick Moran : Apr 22, 2021
PJMedia.com

"...We come to work each day to publish, not cancel, which is the most extreme decision a publisher can make, and one that runs counter to the very core of our mission to publish a diversity of voices and perspectives..." -Jonathan Karp, CEO of Simon and Schuster

[PJMedia.com] Simon and Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp says he will continue with plans to publish a book by former Vice President Mike Pence despite an attempt by some employees to cancel it. (Screengrab image)

Karp was responding to an online petition of employees and petitions on social media demanding that Simon and Schuster refuse to publish a sure-fire bestseller. The woke Democratic partisans didn't mince any words in their denunciations of Pence.

An online petition accused the company of "complicity in perpetuating white supremacy by publishing Mike Pence. The former vice president was accused of promoting policies that were "racist, sexist and discriminatory toward LGBTQ+ people."

"This is not a difference of opinions; this is legitimizing bigotry," the petition said.

Wall Street Journal:

In a letter to staffers, Mr. Karp said, "As a publisher in this polarized era, we have experienced outrage from both sides of the political divide and from different constituencies and groups. But we come to work each day to publish, not cancel, which is the most extreme decision a publisher can make, and one that runs counter to the very core of our mission to publish a diversity of voices and perspectives"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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