Reaping what they have sown.

[flewellyn]

As many of you already know, Amazon.com has decided to "show consideration" for their "entire customer base" by delisting the sales rankings of GLBT-friendly books. They have not seen fit to do the same with anti-GLBT books, however, and as a result, Searching for "homosexuality" links to a series of homophobic books by right-wing fundamentalists.

In light of this, I sent this letter to Amazon.com moments ago:

I wish my account closed, effective immediately, in protest of your policies against GLBT content. I object in the strongest possible terms to this discriminatory behavior, and refuse to do any further business with you until such time as you cease such promotion of bigotry.

Sincerely,
[my name]

I would encourage all of you who read me, and have not already done so, to do the same.

Comments

[nimbrethil.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I somehow doubt this is going to greatly affect Amazon's bottom line. No more than Wal*Mart's has been affected by their own sins, which are legion and which a lot of people routinely claim to boycott but usually don't.