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Originally Posted by ApK
I will point out that not patronizing an author may be a very trivial matter for some, needing no extreme reason for doing it.
If one has huge TBR stack, and wide pool of men's adventure genre books to choose from, paring it down by eliminating an author who's comments you find insulting or not in your best interest may only only be one round ahead of paring down based on hairstyle.....
Did Child really say "if a person could afford it at £8, they can afford it at £10?"
That, plus his slipping of his own political views inappropriately into his books, is enough to make me not want to patronize him any more either.
I've enjoyed Jack Reacher for the most part, but he didn't change my life, and there are just too many men's adventure writers out there who DON'T annoy me.
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I have no problem with people boycotting authors, actors or whomever for what ever reason. It's your money (that's a generic you, not you specifically) to spend as you will. I must say that I didn't find his interview insulting nor to I consider his views extreme. I certainly don't think it deserves the vitriol expressed by some in this thread.