in the week following the protests, 40 random house editors and publishers signed a statement that defended the personnel changes at pantheon, stating: "like pantheon, we abhor corporate censorship. we have never experienced it, nor do we believe that pantheon has ever experienced it. we would not tolerate censorship of any form, and we are offended by any suggestion to the contrary. but, unlike pantheon, we have preserved our independence and the independence of our authors by supporting the integrity of our publishing programs with fiscal responsibility". another supporter of schiffrin's termination wrote that the protests and resignations were "a hilarious specimen of people intoxicated by self-importance. it also is a case study of the descent of intellectuals' leftism into burlesque".