Tom Cotton

“ Political correctness will only grow more oppressive if its enforcers, like Amazon, don't face some consequences for their actions. Amazon, for instance, makes billions of dollars a year, each year, hosting websites and storing data for the government. Almost all of Amazon's profit is made in these enterprise services, not in its consumer facing retail business, and those are our tax dollars flowing to a company that uses its power to censor the beliefs of a large majority of Americans. ”

“ Throughout our history, Americans have never surrendered to an oppressive tyranny of opinion, whether a majority or, in this case, a small but highly influential minority, and we won't be counted in silence today. ”

“ Writers who hold unfashionable opinions — that just a few days ago were considered basic, mainstream views of a large majority of Americans — may decide to self-censor, and stay silent. The virtual book burning may spread to other companies. Maybe Amazon will put a book burning app on its Kindle, so readers can drag books from its catalog into the virtual bonfire. ”