Amazon Now Gets to Decide Which Information You’re Allowed to Consume

You don’t know what’s good for you. But Amazon does. At least, that’s the latest message Amazon seems to be sending its customers with its decision to remove books with a certain viewpoint from its online shelves.

And what viewpoint might that be? That there is hope for people struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction or gender confusion.

For Amazon, this sort of message is no longer welcome on its platform. Included in this ban are books written by Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, Sr. – a psychologist who has helped many people struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction – and books by people who have left homosexuality.

Apparently, Amazon doesn’t trust adults to determine what books they would like to purchase on their own.

And while I am tempted to buy more stuff when I get free two-day shipping, no one has ever forced me to put a book into my online shopping cart and then click “purchase.” Just because Amazon has something available on its site doesn’t mean I’m going to buy it. I’m an adult capable of making those decisions on my own.

It’s the same in this situation.

Whether Amazon likes it or not, there are people who struggle with same-sex attraction and gender confusion. And they are looking for hope and help to change that – for a variety of reasons.

Just look at the clients that psychotherapist Dr. Dovid Schwartz serves.

Dr. Schwartz lives and works in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in New York City. People come to him for help on a variety of issues, including unwanted same-sex attraction. Often, the clients he sees share his faith, and they are looking for help to live lives consistent with those beliefs. They are looking for hope.

Dr. Schwartz meets with them, listens to them, and offers suggestions for how they might think differently about themselves, others, and relationships.

There’s nothing sinister about that. Just as there is nothing sinister about these books that Amazon has removed from its site.

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