Goldberg's Liberal Fascism filed under 'Parodies' at Amazon

[meegbear]

Jonah Goldberg's new book Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning has provoked controversy and dispute in a variety of media. But at internet commerce giant Amazon.com, Goldberg's critics appear to have advanced a new front in their battle against the book: having it classified as a "parody."

In a Monday morning post at his National Review blog, Goldberg complained about the book's placement on the Amazon pages.

"Over at Amazon, my book's page no longer displays its rank in 'politics,' but in 'parodies,'" the columnist notes in a post with the subject heading, "More Amazon Chicanery."

He adds, "I'm sure it's just an honest mistake."

A screen cap of Amazon's placement of the book among its best-selling parodies, just above the The Onion's new atlas Our Dumb World, is provided below:



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http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Amazon_categorizes_Golbergs_Liberal_Fascism_under_0204.html

[lurky]

1. A parody of critical thinking?

I could see that.

[dchill]

2. "I'm sure it's just an honest mistake."

As opposed to a dishonest deliberate act. Like Jonah's book.

[baldguy]

3. When he calls Mussolini a "liberal" & with a title of "Liberal Fascism", what else could it be?

He should be relieved that its listed at all rather than being dismissed as just plain stupidity.

[tabasco]

4. Do they have an "utter stupidity" category?

That's where it belongs as Goldberg certainly did not intend it as parody.

Goldberg is really one of the more loathsome right-wing propagandists. Never worked a day in his life.

[Beausoleil]

5. No matter how often they attempt to re-write history

Fascism will always be a dictatorship of the extreme RIGHT.

[blogslut]

6. heehee

Jonah Goldberg is full of fail.

[zbdent]

7. I say lump it in "Bad Fiction" with Annthrax Coultercaust ...

(since I can't use my usual name for ein Coultergeist ...)

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. It should be stocked in supermarkets alongside firewood for home heating use

or in the toilet paper aisle.