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Originally posted by HarmlessRabbit
I'd have do say that a "negative reaction" isn't punished at all by the media or the public. Have you seen the sales numbers for Al Franken, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and Michael Moore's books?
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One thing about books is who reads them. I own Limbaugh and Coulter books, I might barrow Franken just for ammo, and Moore is so far off on everything I wouldn’t read it for money (at least I'd need a lot of money).
Visual media has much more of an impact and gets a lot more attention.
Lets say I wrote a book on how national socialism was what the US needed and got someone who published it. Very little impact outside of some circles.
Now lets say I make that into a movie, or a documentary. Suddenly its the talk of the news, people are picketing, the ALCU debates defending me, that sort of thing.