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...in this case, it is free speech itself.

//Walmart is pulling Cosmopolitan Magazine from its checkout lines. The magazine that made its name with provocative covers will no longer be found in Walmart on sale at the checkout lines, a move that the company is calling a "business decision" but which one advocacy group is touting as a victory against sexual exploitation.

Cosmopolitan, owned by Hearst Communications, describes itself as a "bible for fun, fearless females that reaches more than 18 million readers a month." In its early days, it made a splash with its provocative covers and sex advice for readers. It has been critiqued for marrying its racier content with young starlets on its covers.

In an emailed statement to CNBC on Tuesday night, Walmart said it "will continue to offer Cosmopolitan to customers that wish to purchase the magazine, but it will no longer be located in the checkout aisles." "While this was primarily a business decision, the concerns raised were heard," it said.//

Not long ago, Walmart pulling Cosmopolitan would have generated outrage by leftists who would mock Walmart for its censorship and prudishness.

Except that the left has been celebrating censorship and prudishness for the last decade and outright suppressing "distasteful" and "offensive' speech that offends the left.

So, how does the Left turn out to protest a conservative entity censoring "distasteful" and "offensive" speech without giving away its project?

Crazy times.

Full post as published by Lex Communis on March 28, 2018 (boomark / email).