It can only escalate if you help them by spreading their message. Otherwise they're just a noisy (and small) internet clique. Most of the people who bought/read the book did so with absolutely no knowledge that there WAS a stink (and most of the rest bought it because of the stink).The only way they can have any real affect on publishers/authors is if the publishers/authors make the mistake of validating the noisy cliques by engaging them directly.
If it's not lessons on how to perform already illegal activities, publishers aren't going to hesitate to publish novels with "hot-button" content (let alone hot-button subtext). Even if a few genre bloggers blow up a few peoples' Twitter feeds in protest about it.
The noise IS the goal. So let them make the noise. They'll move on to the next existential crisis when they figure out the Bear isn't going to react to the Poke.
Last edited by DiapDealer; 08-16-2017 at 12:04 PM.
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