Right-wing nutjob latest outrage- "Costco pulling deSouza's book"

[OKNancy]

Now.. as I searched google I can't find one single legitimate news item on this, but every rw site is blasting it.
The Blaze, WND, The Washington Times.
Then a search show it all over Free Republic and every other nut site.

This is a good read: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/43574_Wingnut_Outrage_Du_Jour-_Costco_Derangement

CostCo, which pays its workers a living wage, whose CEO/Owner receives less than $1 million/yr in compensation, must be COMMUNISTS!! WHY ELSE WOULD THEY REMOVE THIS BEST SELLING MOAST PATRIOTIC BOOK FROM THEIR SHELVES HURR HURR!!!!!!

Oh wait you mean it’s not selling so well? And Costco is not really a bookstore and has limited space for books? And don’t they also have a 1st Amendment, not to mention a Free Market right to decide what they will carry in their inventory?

The hysteria as wingnuts compare a private business decision to OMG OMG OMG IT’S JUST LIKE TEH NAZI BOOK BURNINGS OF TEH 1930’S HURR HURR!!!!!!

Have these freaking morons ever heard of public libraries? Where you can get books to read AND IT’S FREE.
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on the above page is a running twitter feed of the tweets on the subject

[Skidmore]

1. What is the Hurr, Hurr stuff going on there?

Are they trying to cough up fur balls?

[whistler162]

5. Likely!

[Xyzse]

2. That is pure economics. It just isn't selling well.

This is stupid, just trying to drum up publicity for the book.

[BlummberBee]

9. Republicans don't like free markets. They are into Socialism for Corporations & the Rich

As the record shows. Republicans like to give lip service to "free markets" but that's just a front. Republicans always channel our tax dollars into Corporate Socialism & Eternal Tax Breaks for the Rich.

[Xyzse]

10. Agreed.

It really is sad.

Then they complain that their things are not selling well, blaming a "liberal conspiracy". Geeze.

[TheBlackAdder]

3. When the Koch Bio "Sons of Wichita" came out, my local B&N stores did not display it.

You would not know the book existed, if you didn't search it out.

Meanwhile, on the New & Bestseller tables and shelves was every new wingnut book.

[Historic NY]

4. Its being recycled due to a toilet paper shortage.

[rustydog]

6. Oh, and Costco is a Retail establishment and it can sell

or not sell whatever Costco wants to sell. You know, capitalist society and all that...

[factsarenotfair]

7. Oh, they didn't notice that Costco pulled TOASTER BISCUITS????

There's the real outrage.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. Maybe because kirkland brand toilet paper is cheaper by the pound?

[MoonchildCA]

11. I'm outraged at Costco too.

They stopped selling Boca burgers.

[donco]

12. I hate to tell you that

its at Costco but its been moved.Its now between the Kirkland brand of toilet paper and Charmin,at the back of the store.

[herding cats]

13. Too funny! I googled it and saw one place saying Obama supports Cosco in this!

OMG! They are certifiably insane.

[Initech]

14. I swear if it wasn't for the easy Nazi comparisons these morons would have nothing to argue about!

It's almost a genuine love with the freepers. Like they want it to happen here.

[Jim Lane]

15. This probably is an economic decision, but there's another possibility.

A company might at least consider a policy of "We won't sell books by convicted felons." A milder version would be "We won't sell books by convicted felons until they've paid their debt to society, by finishing their sentence."

If some Muslim in jail for terrorism were to write a book, I'm sure the wingnuts would see the wisdom of this policy, and would denounce any retailer that sold the criminal's book.

As for D'Souza, I think his status is that he's entered his guilty plea but hasn't yet been sentenced, so he hasn't even started serving whatever time he gets.

[lame54]

17. He'll walk with a slap on the hand

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

16. Libraries are Socialist...

Let's see your card, Komrade!

[Kath1]

18. Heard that on local RW radio in MD this morning.

Urging everyone to go there and complain to management. Ugh. What outrage will they think up next?

[tanyev]

19. D'erp.