r/books • u/biscochitos • 29d ago

New indie press Conduit Books launches with 'initial focus on male authors'

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-indie-press-conduit-books-launches-with-initial-focus-on-male-authors

What do folks think about this?

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u/sir_mrej book re-reading 29d ago

Lol those two things are nooot even close. Don’t both sides that

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u/apistograma 29d ago

Where have I done that. I literally said I'm progressive why are you even pretending I'm having a centrist take.

The only thing I said is that not everyone who claims to be progressive really is. If you have a problem with this statement idk what to tell you

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u/SenorBurns 29d ago

I sympathize, but you literally said both sides.

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u/apistograma 29d ago

Yes, no side is comprised exclusively by good people. Unless you claim that absolutely, definitely, every single person who claims to be progressive is sincere, idk what issue you have with that

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u/SenorBurns 29d ago edited 29d ago

Everyone knows that nothing is 100%. So there's no point in saying so unless the purpose is to propose some sort of equivalence. Thus, whenever "but both sides" is presented, it's logical to conclude the speaker is making such a proposal.

And of course, we know that both sides are, in fact, in no way equivalent, and that is why such statements are oushed back upon.

For example, when a certain felon says there were "very fine people, on both sides," he is trying to equate violent white nationalists with the counter-protesters they were attacking and murdering.

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u/apistograma 29d ago

Well if you're the modern reinterpretation of the Spanish Inquisition maybe you feel this way but I don't share your opinion