{"id":1501186,"date":"2022-06-02T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501186"},"modified":"2022-06-02T12:00:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:00:40","slug":"amazon-employees-disrupt-pride-ceremony-with-die-in-protest-over-matt-walshs-johnny-the-walrus-other-anti-trans-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-employees-disrupt-pride-ceremony-with-die-in-protest-over-matt-walshs-johnny-the-walrus-other-anti-trans-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Employees Disrupt Pride Ceremony With \u2018Die In\u2019 Protest Over Matt Walsh\u2019s \u2018Johnny The Walrus\u2019, Other \u2018Anti-Trans\u2019 Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famazon-employees-disrupt-pride-ceremony-with-die-in-protest-over-matt-walshs-johnny-the-walrus-other-anti-trans-books%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501186&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Some Amazon employees in Seattle staged a protest at the company\u2019s Pride Flag raising ceremony due to their frustration over the continued sale of \u201ctransphobic\u201d books, including \u201cJohnny the Walrus\u201d by The Daily Wire\u2019s Matt Walsh.<\/p>\n<p>About 30 employees draped themselves in transgender pride flags and laid on the ground at the ceremony. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_katya_long\/status\/1532063995057778688\">Footage<\/a> from the event shows security attempting to disrupt the protest, but the employees refused to leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m at Amazon\u2019s Seattle headquarters, where about 30 Amazon employees are staging a die-in during Amazon\u2019s Pride Flag raising ceremony in protest of the company\u2019s continued sale of what they say are transphobic books. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pz0Pyy0Mzi\">pic.twitter.com\/Pz0Pyy0Mzi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Katherine Long (@_katya_long) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_katya_long\/status\/1532062593304580096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The demonstrators are part of the internal employee activist group No Hate at Amazon. A <a href=\"https:\/\/nohateatamazon.com\/2022-06-01speech\/\">speech<\/a> from the flag-raising described their reasons for protesting, which were rooted in Amazon allegedly \u201cspreading a culture of hatred through the sale of transphobic books, promoting and profiting off content that advocates for the abuse of transgender children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group further called the Pride Flag raising ceremony a \u201cPR stunt\u201d that was \u201cblatant rainbow-washing\u201d all while the retailer continued to sell \u201ccontent that aids and encourages the psychological abuse of transgender children.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a direct line between the hateful transphobic rhetoric Amazon is profiting from, the unprecedented anti-trans legislation across the United States, and the violent and often deadly physical attacks so many of our community face,\u201d the open letter continued. \u201c2021 saw the most murders of transgender people in recorded history. Overwhelmingly, these victims are Black trans women and trans women of color.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No Hate at Amazon cited specific titles that inspired them to stage the \u201cdie-in,\u201d including Abigail Shrier\u2019s \u201cIrreversible Damage\u201d and the children\u2019s book \u201cJohnny the Walrus.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The letter references a video of two Amazon employees co-hosting an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/video-amazon-employees-complain-about-matt-walshs-traumatic-books\">internal meeting<\/a> discussing the book\u2019s success, calling it a \u201cbad faith \u2026 abuse of Amazon\u2019s systems.\u201d It claimed that Walsh is \u201ctaking advantage of Amazon and how the Amazon algorithms work to promote their particular brand of hate and harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The speech says of the incident: \u201cCan you imagine the fear of transgender employees at seeing their coworkers\u2019 identities plastered over conservative media? At seeing the names of fellow employees handed to a transphobic internet mob, wondering if they would be doxxed next?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It goes on to lament how \u201cJohnny the Walrus\u201d became the best-selling book on Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWalsh used the publicity from this attack to get his book to number one on Amazon. Let me repeat that. The number one book across all of Amazon. Top of our charts,\u201d it says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Walsh\u2019s own words, this effectively made him the bestselling author in the country. Amazon rewarded him for this harassment with enormous sales. Money he will use to keep spreading hate. This is f***king embarrassing. Everyone who let this happen should be embarrassed and ashamed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The speech also mentions Walsh\u2019s new documentary, \u201cWhat Is a Woman?\u201d and their fear over its release, which happened June 1 despite a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-daily-wire-comes-under-sustained-ddos-attack-intended-to-disrupt-premiere-of-what-is-a-woman\">sustained DDoS attack<\/a>\u201d meant to \u201cdisrupt\u201d the premiere of the movie.<\/p>\n<p>They call out Amazon for accepting pre-orders for the book by the same name. \u201cMatt Walsh is not some random transphobe on the internet. This man is a serial abuser who has openly attacked our coworkers and our customers, and it will happen again if Amazon does not act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the speech insists the employees of the group are not \u201cradicals\u201d and that 600 employees signed a petition to get the \u201canti-trans\u201d content removed. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2022\/amazon-tops-1m-u-s-employees\/#:~:text=Amazon%20employs%20a%20total%20of,company&#039;s%20fourth%20quarter%20earnings%20report.\">GeekWire<\/a>, the company employs 1.6 million people worldwide and 1.1 million in the US as of the end of 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amazon previously stopped selling the book \u201cWhen Harry Became Sally\u201d in March 2021 because it described \u201cLGBTQ+ identity as a mental illness,\u201d WaPo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/06\/01\/amazon-trans-pride-month-books-protest\/\">reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Amazon employees in Seattle staged a protest at the company\u2019s Pride Flag raising ceremony due to their frustration over the continued sale of \u201ctransphobic\u201d books, including \u201cJohnny the Walrus\u201d by The Daily Wire\u2019s Matt Walsh. About 30 employees draped themselves in transgender pride flags and laid on the ground at the ceremony. 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