Fox News contributor and USA Today columnist Kirsten Powers’ new book, “The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech,” is out today, and several media outlets, including The Daily Beast and The Daily Signal, are carrying excerpts. So far, word is positive overall.
Though I often disagree w/ her, I'm a big fan of @KirstenPowers & the message of her new book (buy it) is important: http://t.co/YTkeDlIyhg
— Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) May 11, 2015
Good luck @KirstenPowers on today's launch of your book, "The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech." Important work
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) May 11, 2015
This @KirstenPowers book exposing the liberal's intolerance is a real moment of implosion for the new left.
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) May 11, 2015
What's sad is the # of liberals who will dismiss @KirstenPowers new book just because blah blah Fox News something something.
— Brodigan Strong Style (@brodigan) May 11, 2015
Or the Heritage Foundation?
Sad that @KirstenPowers is helping far-right sell an anti-intellectual "silencing" meme. http://t.co/gZOCmz9gQp
— Jeremy Hooper (@goodasyou) May 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/KirstenPowers/status/597768855566557184
.@KirstenPowers oh, I absolutely plan to read your book. But I can still think your premise, as laid out in this piece, is broken
— Jeremy Hooper (@goodasyou) May 11, 2015
.@KirstenPowers and it's not partisan or Ideological, but you just so happen to be writing for the Heritage Foundation's website? Hmm.
— Jeremy Hooper (@goodasyou) May 11, 2015
Recommended
https://twitter.com/KirstenPowers/status/597769525883478016
https://twitter.com/KirstenPowers/status/597769754821165056
Just a helpful reminder about freedom of speech and being "silenced." cc: @KirstenPowers pic.twitter.com/KehwP22bRq
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) May 11, 2015
What has surprised Powers so far is the reaction her book, particularly an excerpt regarding Mozilla co-founder Brendan Eich and his $1,000 donation to California’s “Yes on 8” campaign, has elicited among the “gay left.”
https://twitter.com/KirstenPowers/status/597791175349805056
.@KirstenPowers The problem is it sounds like you're justifying others' opposition to gay rights. Can you at least appreciate that concern?
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) May 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/KirstenPowers/status/597835885581901825
@KirstenPowers Sometimes only the educated MOB can win over the TeaTards and Neo-Nazis of this world
— RojerAils (@RojerAils) May 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/KirstenPowers/status/597870386102013953
.@KirstenPowers Wow, and now you, a paid commentator, are dismissing engagement as vitriol? Oy.
— Jeremy Hooper (@goodasyou) May 11, 2015
@KeetchTX @KirstenPowers He did an awful bigoted thing. He stands by it. He demonized himself, the rest of us just pointed it out.
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) May 11, 2015
@ZackFord @KirstenPowers A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still. Do you want to persuade others? Or just punish them?
— Andy Keetch (@KeetchTX) May 11, 2015
@KeetchTX @KirstenPowers "Punish." The issue was his will was inconsistent with the company's values. He's not entitled to it.
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) May 11, 2015
Plenty are not surprised one bit by the reaction:
Yep, it is crazy. Everyone should take a look at @KirstenPowers timeline to see how some LGBT activists are acting. https://t.co/LIn94EeTNa
— Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd) May 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/Mattfobrien/status/597791403708645376
You've strayed from the leftist plantation. You're a heretic now. https://t.co/0nLMQIE1yh
— RBe (@RBPundit) May 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/CaseyMattoxADF/status/597791410646085632
@KirstenPowers How dare you express an independent thought!
— Nieds Dead Horse (@NDH_j_m_f) May 11, 2015
@KirstenPowers this isn't new.
— Ole Sw?mp (@OleSwamp) May 11, 2015
@KirstenPowers Now, imagine being a gay conservative.
— Robert (@TheCheekyTaurus) May 11, 2015
@KirstenPowers It once again shows you the intolerance of the left. Not so peaceful anymore.
— Fred J. (@10Mountaineer) May 11, 2015
@KirstenPowers Not surprised in the least, sadly.
— Sheryl #rescue #loveofcountry (@sav01) May 11, 2015
@KirstenPowers Kinda proves your point, eh?
— Ray Hollenbach (@Hollenbach) May 11, 2015
@KirstenPowers Support is not enough. Mandatory celebration in the streets is required! The important word is "mandatory".
— Randy Adams (@randalladams) May 11, 2015
@KirstenPowers @bossyhoneybee Surely, by now, you realize that if you deviate from the message, punishment will come. Modern Liberalism…
— Gunny2862 (@Gunny2862) May 11, 2015
@KirstenPowers @bossyhoneybee I think you even wrote a book that covers the topic of not being ON the Progressive message… 🙂
— Gunny2862 (@Gunny2862) May 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/bossyhoneybee/status/597797332852215809
@KirstenPowers Welcome to our world.
— ParsingAmerica (@NoChromeHD) May 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/NoahWehrman/status/597815698166001664
https://twitter.com/DavidJohnGarth/status/597840723392737281
.@KirstenPowers The vitriol you're getting is proving your book to be 100% accurate & truthful pic.twitter.com/VcqR65C4Fi
— TheRightWingM ?? (@TheRightWingM) May 11, 2015
@KirstenPowers ??sorry…..but it's always hilarious to listen to the complaints of a liberal who is being attacked by the left. #irony
— Clowns All Around ????? Me (@AllyGeighter) May 11, 2015
Hilarious might not be quite the word we’re looking for.
Think there isn't condemnation of free speech? Read @KirstenPowers new book #TheSilencing. Or Exhibit A = her Twitter feed. Proves the point
— Alison H.Centofante (@AlisonHowardC) May 11, 2015
@KirstenPowers An irony, isn't it, that the left, indeed, is killing free speech, all in the name of free speech–only theirs.
— John P Warren (@JackPWarren) May 11, 2015
Now, if you want to read something really scary …
How Liberals Ruined College http://t.co/QEb8aj4lfR via @kirstenpowers
— Henry Gomez (@magicgus) May 11, 2015
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