Recently, 250 publishing professionals of the United States penned a letter. In it, they urge all people in their industry not to aid in or allow the publication of any materials for any people related to the Trump administration, which they deem a “mitigating criterion.” And the list is growing.
Because they are very smart people with (we assume) fancy humanities degrees and we are just the plebes, we hired a translator to interpret their erudite message. You can read both the letter and its translation, below:
“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.”
Translation: We love free speech, but only when it is speech we like and speech that has been bullied into agreeing with us. We, a team of the most brilliant literary minds in the industry, use the junior-high word “sketchy” to condemn “sweetheart” book deals to people who may not be respectable in our opinion. However, we also give Barrack Obama, who knew about and helped illegally surveil President Trump using illegitimate FISA warrants while covering up details that contradicted his claims three biographical book deals. We do not care that he allowed the terrorist Antifa and BLM to thrive under his presidency. We also can’t wait to chase the money surrounding the upcoming memoir of drug-addict Hunter Bidenhttps://100percentfedup.com/breaking-biden-crime-family-received-5-million-loan-from-communist-china-covered-as-consulting-fees-to-hunter-biden/. Though he allegedly sold America out to countries like China (here is one example) and alleged (with evidence) to be heavily involved with his father Joe Biden in doing so, we do not find any of this “sketchy” as we sit and talk amongst our girlfriends at recess.
“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.”
Translation: We only talk to other leftists who got humanities degrees and work in our field. We are democrats and despise any politicians who actually pose a threat to the implementation of our far-left ideologies.
“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.”
Translation: We do not care that the “cages” were created by Obama and that Biden will separate children from parents, too. We support experimental biological agents that we call “novel vaccines” developed under duress with absolutely no long-term studies and no liability. We also label ourselves scientific clergy, reserving the sole right to tell you what is science and which science profits to follow–even as they change their minds or outright lie from week to week, like Dr. Fauci. We ignore the fact that Donald Trump specifically told people to be “peaceful” and “patriotic” and that his movement has always been one of peace and that he we the least interventionalist president since at least Jimmy Carter and perhaps prior to FDR. Our publishing houses are beloved, sacred, hallowed grounds that should be recognized as national monuments and worshiped holy reverence.
“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.”
Translation: In our sincere and heartfelt crusade for fr0ee-speech, we seek to find or create laws to legitimize censoring anyone we disagree with. Our favorite laws are those that help us label our intellectual counterparts as criminals, especially if they have any power. It is truly criminal to not agree with us about everything. And, if it isn’t, it should be.
“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.”
Translation: Did we mention how awesome we are? We mostly purchased expensive humanities degrees from elite leftist universities in subjects that no one cares about that advisors let us make up. We each need a far-left government to use tax dollars to pay for our useless overpriced $200,000 student loans. An average intellect could do what we do without schooling, and that threatens us. We need to justify the insurmountable cost of our schooling and the indoctrinating psychosis with which is has infected us by using our media platforms to bully successful people who might want to write a book. We are small people. We are small minds.
Here is the list of the 250 small minds that signed this letter:
[Count as of 2/2/21: 591]
Signed:
Barry Lyga (Author)
Chris Abouzeid (Co-owner, Belmont Books)
Alex Acks (Author)
Kaylan Adair (Executive Editor, Candlewick Press)
Vikas Adam (Audiobook Narrator (PRH, Macmillan, Audible, Simon & Schuster))
Alyssa Adamovich (Brilliance Publishing)
Mari Adkins (writer / editor)
Dahlia Adler (Author )
Wajahat Ali (Writer)
Jenny Allen (Author)
Adi Alsaid (Writer)
Suzie Althens (Audiobook narrator)
Elissa Alves (Literary and Operations Associate, Folio Literary Management)
Charlie Jane Anders (author, Victories Greater Than Death)
Kathleen Anderson (President, ANDERSON LITERARY MANAGEMENT LLC)
Sarah M. Anderson (Author)
Jill Anderson (Author Love Song Graphics)
Nicole Aronis (Author)
Holly Atkinson (Editor)
Tanya Avakian (Author)
Pauline avendano (Author)
J. Averre (Author)
Jessica Awad (Media Assistant Editor, W. W. Norton & Company)
Kim Baccellia-Rapier (Author)
Morgan Baden (Author)
Elizabeth Baldwin (ERB Publishing, w/a Elizabeth Essex)
Dr. Martha Baldwin (Scholar and Author)
Tracey Baptiste (Author)
Frank Bardessono (Author)
Kelly Barnhill (Author)
Rachel Kempster Barry (Author/Consultant)
Phoebe Barton (Writer)
Sophie Bartow (Author)
Hallie Bateman (Author)
Emi Battaglia (President Emi Battaglia Public Relations)
Jessica LeTourneur Bax (Freelance university press & trade copyeditor)
Melinda Beatty (Author, PRH)
Mark Richard Beaulieu (Author)
Rebecca Bednarz (Editor)
Hayley Behal (Production editor, The History Press)
Jolanta Benal (freelance copyeditor)
Karen E. Bender (Author)
Daphne Benedis-Grab (author, Scholastic)
Andrew Benge (Author)
Kat Bennett (Senior Cartographer, Hachette Book Group)
Kendall Berdinsky (Editorial Assistant)
Kathi Inman Berens (Associate Professor of Book Publishing, Portland State University)
Lauren Beukes (Author)
Bob Bianchini (Senior Designer – Penguin Random House, Author/Illustrator)
Diana Biller (Writer)
Jeanne Birdsall (Author)
Lauren Bittrich (Editorial Assistant, Flatiron Books)
Jason Black (Developmental Editor)
Holly Black (Author)
Stephen Blackmoore (Author)
Rachel Blaifeder (Editor, Cambridge University Press)
Alison Block (Marketing Coordinator, Oxford University Press)
Lesiie Bockol (Author and Editor)
Sheena Boekweg (Author)
Gwenda Bond (Author)
Karyn Bosnak (Author)
Joanna Bourne (Author)
Lisa Brackmann (Author)
Robin Brande (Author)
Gayle Brandeis (Author)
Loryn Brantz (Author)
Scott Brick (Audiobook narrator)
Daniel Brigman (Author)
Suzanne Brockmann (Author)
Megan Broderick (Assistant Editor, Harlequin)
Sam Brody (Editorial Assistant at Hachette Book Group)
Aimee Brown (Author)
Barron Brown (Author)
Joseph Bruchac (Professional writer and editor)
Polly Bruno (Author)
Geri Buckley (Writer)
Alafair Burke (Author)
Penelope Burns (Associate Literary Agent, Gelfman Schneider/ICM Partners)
Aimee Burpee (Associate Registrar, Special Projects)
Michelle Cacho-Negrete (Author)
Chelsea M. Cameron (Author)
Emma Mieko Candon (Editor, Seven Seas; Author)
Janet Cannon (Author)
Juliette Capra (Editorial Assistant, Chronicle Books)
Courtney Carbone (Author/Editor)
Dee Carney (Author)
Megan Carr (Senior Sales Support Associate, HarperCollins Publishers)
Natalie J Case (Author)
Sona Charaipotra (Author)
Maxine Charles (editorial assistant, Flatiron Books)
Mike Chen (Author)
Alison Cherry (Author, editor)
Amanda R Cherry (Author)
Preeti Chhibber (Author)
Danielle Chiotti (Agent, Upstart Crow Literary)
Henna Cho (Digital Sales Associate (SImon & Schuster))
Angelica Chong (Editorial Assistant, Macmillan)
Cassandra Clare (Writer)
William Clark (Wm Clark Associates)
Peter Clines (author)
Adriana Cloud (Editor)
Erin Clyburn (The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency)
Elizabeth Coale (Bookseller)
Matthew Cody (Author)
SueLynn Cole (Author)
Manda Collins (Author)
Melanie Conklin (author)
J Patrick Conlon (Oddity Prodigy Productions)
D. Robert Cooley (Associate Professor)
M Cooper (None)
David Cooper (Writer and book critic)
Melinda R. Cordell (Author, Rosefiend Publishing.)
Tom Corson-Knowles (CEO of TCK Publishing)
Tricia Crawford Coscia (Author)
David Hyde Costello (Author/illustrator )
Mia Council (Assistant editor, Penguin Random House)
Jessica Craig (Founder, Craig Literary LLC)
Sylvan Creekmore (Associate Editor, St. Martin’s Publishing Group)
David Crews Ph.D. (Author)
Lily Cronig (Editorial Assistant, St. Martin’s Press)
Jesse Vilinsky Crowley (CEO – Jesse Vilinsky VO)
Alison A Curtin (Baker & Taylor)
Melissa Cynova (Author)
Sara Danver (Associate National Account Manager, PRH)
Kelly Danver (HarperCollins )
Erica Davis Secor (Editor)
Anna Daviscourt (Illustrator)
Stephen Dedman (Author)
Anya Johanna DeNiro (Writer)
Shira Dentz (Author)
Navdeep Singh Dhillon (author)
Lucienne Diver (Agent, The Knight Agency)
Trish Doller (author)
Michella Domenici (Springer Nature)
K.A. Doore (Author)
Lauren S Dopkin (Sales mgr)
Wendy Dopkin (Copy editor )
Jen J. Danna/Sara Driscoll (Author)
Ann Vanderlaan writing as Sara Driscoll (Author)
Imogene Drummond (Artist and Filmmaker)
Denise J. Dubé (Journalist/writer/Member of ASJA, SPJ.)
Kaylee Duff (Writer, grad student, aspiring editor)
Turney Duff (Author)
Rachel Dugan (Publicity Assistant, Penguin Random House)
C.J. Dugas (Writer)
Claudia Dunn (DunnDeal VO)
Doranna Durgin (Author)
Geoffrey Dutton (author)
Peter Echevers (Author)
Jen Edwards (Author)
Kimberly Ehart (Editor, Hachette Book Group)
Daniel Ehrenhaft (Author, editor )
Patricia Eimer (Author)
Michael Elias (Author)
Robin Eller (Audiobook Narrator)
Courtney Ellis (Marketing Assistant)
Zabé Ellor (Associate Literary Agent, JDLA)
Patricia Elzie-Tuttle (Book Riot)
M. K. England (Author (HarperTeen & PRH))
Carl Engle-Laird (Editor, Macmillan)
Karina Evans (Author)
Micaiah Evans (Author and Editor)
Kimberly Farr (Audiobook narrator)
Mary Cronk Farrell (Author)
Brian Farrey-Latz (Editor)
Rachel Feinberg (Content Writer)
Kait Feldmann (Editor)
Jenny Ferguson (Writer)
Clay S. Fernald (VP content – LeaguePodcast)
Joan Fernandez (Writer)
Nettie Finn (Assistant Editor)
Tessa Fisher (Writer)
David Fitzgerald (Author)
AJ Fitzwater (Author)
Rose Fox (former senior reviews editor, Publishers Weekly)
Hester Fox (Author (Harlequin))
Graylin Fox (Author / Self Published)
Dana Fredsti (Author with Titan Books)
Deborah Freedman (Author & Illustrator)
Rebecca Friedman (Rebecca Friedman Literary)
Esther Friesner (Author)
Adriana Funke (Rights Manager, Scholastic Inc.)
Arthur G Insana (InsanaMedia.com)
Ed Gaffney (Author)
Jason T. Gaffney (Author)
Sarah Gailey (Author)
Tanya Gandolfo (Author / Ingram Spark)
Mary Ganster (Content developer and editor (freelance))
Zack Geoffroy (Author)
Allyn Gibson (Head Writer, Diamond Comic Distributors)
Erin Gibson (Book reviewer)
Tara Gilbert (The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency)
Lamar Giles (Author)
Thomas Gilmore (Sales Manager, Macmillan)
Amy Giuffrida (Associate Literary Agent at The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency)
Joy Givens (Author)
Sue Godbee (Book buyer)
Bryant Golden (Editor-in-Chief, The Cavern Press)
Emily Goldman (editorial assistant, Macmillan)
Nikki Goldstein (Author)
Leah Gordon (Senior editor, Avalon Travel, an imprint of Hachette Book Group)
Benjamin Gorman (Co-Publisher, Not a Pipe Publishing)
Rob Gorski (Author)
Jasmine Gower (Author)
Jimmy Gownley (Cartoonist )
James Graham (Author)
Gavin Grant (Publisher, Small Beer Press)
Libbie Grant (Author)
Scott Fitzgerald Gray (Insane Angel Studios)
John Patrick Green (Writer/Illustrator)
Bryn Greenwood (Writer)
Kayla Griffin (Production Edition, Brill Academic Publishing)
Sarah Grill (Associate Editor, Macmillan)
Michael A. Grimm (Retired Educator)
Andrew Grondin (Owner, S-15 Studios)
Stephanie Guerdan (Assistant Editor, HarperCollins)
Cassie Gutman (Production Editor)
Cassie Gutman (Production Editor)
Jane G Haigh (Searching for Fannie Quigley, author)
Shannon Hale (writer)
Michelle Halket (Central Avenue Publishing)
Karen Hall (Author)
Karen Lee Hallam (Author)
Sadie Haller (Author)
Alwyn Hamilton (Author)
Jordan Hanley (Marketing Manager, Tor Nightfire)
Jonette D. Hardy (Engineer)
Leigh Harlen (Author)
Leigh Harlen (Author)
Jess Harold (Assistant Editor (Scholastic))
Mark Harrison (Publisher, Argyll Productions)
Hilary Harwell (KT Literary, LLC)
Morgan Hawk (Editor)
Libbie Hawker (Author)
Patrick Nielsen Hayden (VP, Editor in Chief, Tor Books)
Tyler Hayes (Author)
Tyler Hayes (Author)
Lindsey Heale (Media Editorial Assistant, W.W. Norton & Co.)
Erica Heller (Author)
Joe Hempel (Narrator)
Chelsea Hensley (Associate Agent)
Ashley Herring Blake (Agent with Rees Literary Agency; author with Little Brown BYFR and Berkley Romance)
Mickey Hess (author)
Danuta Hinc (Author)
Sarah Hollowell (Author)
Tim Holm (Poet / Dialoguiste)
Kathryn Holmes (Author)
Sarah Homer (Assistant Editor, HarperCollins Publishers)
Amanda Hosch (Author)
Lauren Hough (Author)
Madeline Houpt (Editorial Assistant, Macmillan)
Katey Howes (Author (Sterling, Lerner, Chronicle, The Innovation Press))
Lisa Huang (Trade Sales Assistant, Macmillan Publishers)
Crystal M. Huff (Author/Editor)
Hope Hughes (Ethereal Visions Publishing, LLC)
S. A. Hunt (Author)
Daniele Hunter (Children’s Department Assistant, McIntosh & Otis Literary Agency)
Jennifer Iacopelli (Author)
Eric Jacobsen (creator, http://bookcoverarchive.com)
Zareen Jaffery (Executive Editor, Penguin Random House)
Angélique Jamail (author)
Zakiya Jamal (Scholastic)
Tania James (Writer and Professor, George Mason University)
Bettye Jensen (Individual)
Sydney Jeon (Editorial Assistant (Flatiron Books))
Maureen Johnson (author)
Lynn B. Johnson (Author)
Varian Johnson (Author)
Stephanie Jones (Marketing Assistant)
Judy Jones (Author)
Katina Z. Jones (Author)
Tanara L Jones (Author (Bantam, Samhain, micro and indi presses))
Siva Jonnada (Author)
James Journalist (Novelist)
Chet JSmith (Writer)
Richard Kadrey (writer)
Rachel Kambury (Assistant Editor, Twelve Books)
Rachel Kapelke-Dale (Writer)
Jonathan Karmel (Author)
Keffy Kehrli (Writer & Editor (GlitterShip magazine))
Kenneth D. Keith (Author)
Mikki Kendall (Writer)
Fiona Kenshole (Transatlantic Agency)
Erum Khan (Editor (Callisto Media, Inc.))
Cassandra Khaw (Senior Scriptwriter)
Megan Kiddoo (associate managing editor, Macmillan)
Andrew King (Tom Doherty Associates)
Tyler King (Author)
Robert Kingett (Author)
