How it started / How it’s going;
or, The ratchet.
You might recall that Andy Ngo, fascist provocateur and inspiration to multiple mass shooters, fancies himself (when he isn’t gleefully ordering the suspension of leftist accounts on Twitter) as something of a journalist: why, he’s even written himself a book! —Here’s how Powell’s wrote it up in their online catalog just a couple short years ago, when it was first released:
Unmasked by Andy Ngo came to us through an automatic data feed via one of our long-term and respected publishers, Hachette Book Group. We list the majority of their catalogue automatically, as do many other independent and larger retailers. We have a similar arrangement with other publishers.
This book will not be on our store shelves, and we will not promote it. That said, it will remain in our online catalogue. We carry books that we find anywhere from simply distasteful or badly written, to execrable, as well as those that we treasure. We believe it is the work of bookselling to do so.
And, well, here’s how Powell’s now writes up the revised edition, with its brand new afterword from the author:
In this #1 national bestseller, a journalist who’s been attacked by Antifa writes a deeply researched and reported account of the group’s history and tactics.
When Andy Ngo was attacked in the streets by Antifa in the summer of 2019, most people assumed it was an isolated incident. But those who’d been following Ngo’s reporting in outlets like the New York Post and Quillette knew that the attack was only the latest in a long line of crimes perpetrated by Antifa.
In Unmasked, Andy Ngo tells the story of this violent extremist movement from the very beginning. He includes interviews with former followers of the group, people who’ve been attacked by them, and incorporates stories from his own life. This book contains a trove of documents obtained by the author, published for the first time ever.
In conclusion, fuck Powell’s.
fuuuuuuu— that’s depressing