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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
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I disagree with Lee more often than not. But reading through these last few pages of posts it felt like users were purposely misinterpreting the argument and making ridiculous assertions. It was galling since at base his argument is valid.
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My take is that it started from the assertion that publishers were ripping off their customers by charging more that how much that particular poster felt was the right price for a book, and then leebase's response from that. I think that some people who prefer not to buy books, i.e. mostly go to the library, got their feelings hurt and some reacted to what they thought he really meant rather than what he actually said. There is also a bit of the instinctive indie verse publisher push back as well.
But yea, a lot of straw man attacks and apparently purposeful misinterpretation of what was actually being said. For example, the skinflint comment was said said by someone else entirely and this was pointed out, but some still insist that leebase called them a skinflint.