Today’s blacklisted American: Literary agent fired for having Parler & Gab accounts
They’re coming for you next: A New York city literary agent was fired by her agency for merely having accounts at both Parler and Gab, based on a single complaint on Twitter.
Colleen Oefelein, an associate literary agent with the New York City-based Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency, was sacked after her boss learned that she owned accounts on Gab and Parler. The agency’s owner, Jennifer DeChiara, publicly announced on Twitter that the firm had dropped Oefelein after making the “distressing” discovery.
“We do not condone this activity, and apologize to anyone who has been affected or offended by this,” the message read. DeChiara stressed that her agency was committed to ensuring a “voice of unity” and was firmly “on the side of social justice.”
Oefelein says she was really fired because she is a conservative and a Christian. And the evidence shows that her use of these two platforms had little to do with politics, as she was having trouble logging onto her Twitter account and was switching for that reason. Moreover, when she did post on any of these social media sites, she used them not for political reasons but to interact with her clients and other writers.
None of those facts mattered. One fascist thug on Twitter complained, slandering her by accusing her without evidence of frequenting “alt-right social media”, whatever that means, and the owner of the agency, Jennifer DeChiara, moved swiftly to fire her.
In other words, merely touching a social media platform that won’t participate in the blacklisting movement is now grounds for blacklisting.
It seems to me she has solid legal grounds to sue, and win big. Regardless, this action by the owner of this literary agency shows that the storm-troopers in today’s leftist dominant culture come from both the rank and file as well as their political leadership in the Democratic Party.
Be aware. Your liberal friends might not really be your friends. Instead, they may be people who enthusiastically endorse McCarthyism and the blacklisting of innocent Americans, merely because those Americans disagree with them.
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They’re coming for you next: A New York city literary agent was fired by her agency for merely having accounts at both Parler and Gab, based on a single complaint on Twitter.
Colleen Oefelein, an associate literary agent with the New York City-based Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency, was sacked after her boss learned that she owned accounts on Gab and Parler. The agency’s owner, Jennifer DeChiara, publicly announced on Twitter that the firm had dropped Oefelein after making the “distressing” discovery.
“We do not condone this activity, and apologize to anyone who has been affected or offended by this,” the message read. DeChiara stressed that her agency was committed to ensuring a “voice of unity” and was firmly “on the side of social justice.”
Oefelein says she was really fired because she is a conservative and a Christian. And the evidence shows that her use of these two platforms had little to do with politics, as she was having trouble logging onto her Twitter account and was switching for that reason. Moreover, when she did post on any of these social media sites, she used them not for political reasons but to interact with her clients and other writers.
None of those facts mattered. One fascist thug on Twitter complained, slandering her by accusing her without evidence of frequenting “alt-right social media”, whatever that means, and the owner of the agency, Jennifer DeChiara, moved swiftly to fire her.
In other words, merely touching a social media platform that won’t participate in the blacklisting movement is now grounds for blacklisting.
It seems to me she has solid legal grounds to sue, and win big. Regardless, this action by the owner of this literary agency shows that the storm-troopers in today’s leftist dominant culture come from both the rank and file as well as their political leadership in the Democratic Party.
Be aware. Your liberal friends might not really be your friends. Instead, they may be people who enthusiastically endorse McCarthyism and the blacklisting of innocent Americans, merely because those Americans disagree with them.
Readers!
Every February I run a fund-raising drive during my birthday month. This year I celebrate my 72nd birthday, and hope and plan to continue writing and posting on Behind the Black for as long as I am able.
I hope my readers will support this effort. As I did in my November fund-raising drive, I am offering autographed copies of my books for large donations. Donate $250 and you can have a choice of the hardback of either Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8 or Conscious Choice: The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space. Donate $200 and you can get an autographed paperback copy of either. IMPORTANT! If you donate enough to get a book, please email me separately to tell me which book you want and the address to mail it to.
Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. My analysis of space, politics, and culture, taken from the perspective of an historian, is almost always on the money and ahead of the game. For example, in 2020 I correctly predicted that the COVID panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Every one of those 2020 conclusions has turned out right.
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4. Donate by check, payable to Robert Zimmerman and mailed to
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You can also support me by buying one of my books, as noted in the boxes interspersed throughout the webpage or shown in the menu above.
Maybe it had to do with her Client list and the subjects they were writing about.
Look at the web Pages you visit, do they have the Twitter and Facebook emblem?
That’s how they know everything about you.
JK Rowling could not get Harry Potter published there today. It has gone off the deep end.
I used to browse through Parler and now I read Gab out of spite just because of the purge. Never even knew of Gab before the orgy of censorship. I must have missed all the white supremacy and calls for violence. Lies, Lies, and nothing but Lies from the state controlled media.
There are some loons on Gab to be sure, but you know what? It’s a free country. Just kidding, not anymore.
The fundamental elements of fascism are these: 1- Single party rule. 2- The annihilation of all opposition. 3- The use of violence and terror on the general population to to achieve the two prior elements. 4- Create a mythic, evil threat-group within the population to always justify the prior three elements. 5- The individual citizen must surrendor potentially dangerous, independent rights to the state for the greater good. 6- The ruling class of the state are, without question, spiritually and intellectually superior to the masses (and therefore should be exalted at all times.) The seductive appeal of communist fascism, socialist fascism, nationalist socialist fascism, and religious fascism never diminishes to those who are convinced that only they can deliver utopia. The brave, new Democrat Party world awaits us.
Here is Ms Chiara’s list, and not very impressive it is — dead sitcom stars and, on the whole, not too many bright lights. An Andrew Wylie she most definitely is not.
https://www.jdlit.com/clients-1
Basically, she’s a bottom feeder (I wonder if, like so many agents who prey on the hopes of ladies writing about their cats, she charges to read manuscripts), but her authors might not like hearing that they are condemned by association.
I’ll be contacting a few to let them know them that those who choose to live in a sty are often mistaken for pigs.
Interestingly enough, the despicable behavior of these companies may be a violation of NY state law, as law Prof. Eugene Volokh explains. (Click on my handle for the link
“she used them not for political reasons but to interact with her clients and other writers.”
Having worked in permissions and licensing (print, video, music) for 10 years, having multiple social media accounts covering all available platforms is standard practice for someone in the business, even if they don’t use social media for personal reasons. The only way to find and/or contact some rightsholders is through specific social media avenues.
Definitely sounds like this poor woman is being singled out.
Geoffrey:
Great summary..
Read just the first third of “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich”. You want to follow the antics of the WWI lance corporal as he rises to power and eventually invades Poland . Here you’ll find the template that (unknowingly?) is followed by the the left . Again, I’m not calling anyone Nazis, but I am saying that the techniques used are much the same.
Geoffrey:
Great summary..
I agree,
Your list almost matches what Tucker Carlson said. No one can say it better or more precise than Tucker Carlson.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xdA-4eiCIe8
The Democrats overplayed their hand, they’re in the wrong, and they’re scared. They’re looking for American terrorist under every bed…
I should add in Glenn Beck’s rundown on Bidens new cabinet, it’s almost identical to the Obama old cabinet. (Here’s the new boss, same as the old boss)
The American oligarchs. 50min of detailed descriptions and why you should fear the next few years (Billionaire technology, and the defense department becoming partners with the federal government)
https://youtu.be/hVtbN4dU5Jc
Just for fun, here’s one that’ll probably make you cry and shake your head. The winners in the college debate finals. 5min. (Warning, strong language)
https://youtu.be/fmO-ziHU_D8
The dark age is here….