[darryl]

@DiapDealer and HarryT. My fear is that if ignored this sort of behaviour will escalate to the point where it really does have a chilling effect on authors and publishers. Some of the quotes in the original article indicated this is starting to happen as well as giving examples of books having already been affected. It also referred to about 6 books currently under attack for various reasons in what sounds like a very dysfunctional online community. I certainly think it is worthwhile for us to discuss the matter on these forums. Both this taking offence and calling out culture and the ridiculous cult of cultural appropriation represent real concerns. Having said this, you could well be right that the best approach is to ignore, at least in the sense of confining our opposition to these forums and not otherwise engaging with these people, in the hope that the problem will not escalate.