A Publication Removed Me Because I Broke One Stupid Rule
Apparently, you’re not allowed to disagree with another author
This is absurd. It doesn’t make any sense at all.
Okay, let’s back up a bit. So, what happened?
I recently wrote an article which was a response to someone else’s article. In it, I agreed with some of what they said, but expanded on the concept and came up with some of my own views.
My article did not insult the author. It didn’t even criticise them as a person. It merely disagreed with some of their points.
It was initially accepted into the publication. The author even posted a thoughtful response, and we had an intelligent little back-and-forth on the topic. They didn’t seem to be offended by what I wrote. They just didn’t necessarily agree with everything, which is fine.
Then a week or two later, the editor removed my article without any explanation.
I’ve since received an email saying they removed me as a writer. The reason? Because my article criticised another author’s article.
So, the publication’s owner doesn’t like their writers to have differing opinions. This doesn’t make any sense at all. Eventually, there will be no opinions left you’re allowed to have.
I don’t want to write for a publication that won’t allow me to voice my own opinions.
What do you think?
Here’s the irony.
If this very article you’re reading was published in that publication, you wouldn’t be able to disagree with me. By you telling me that it’s NOT okay to disagree, you would be disagreeing with me, which is against their rules.
If you post a response, you must agree with me and say it’s okay to disagree with people. This means you ARE actually allowed to disagree with me. Which means you CAN say it’s NOT okay to disagree with people. Which means you have to agree with me that it IS okay to disagree with people.
And on and on, round in circles until we all go insane.
But anyway, what do you think?
But be careful. Responses that disagree with me will be reported to the Opinion Police. They will throw custard in your face. Because their job has made them lose their minds.
