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Ursula K. Le Guin coined the word "ansible" in 1966. Others have used it since then, but she deserves credit for inventing the idea and its name.

DonHopkins 5y ago
You are correct, and additionally, Orson Scott Card definitely doesn't deserve to usurp Ursula K. Le Guin's credit for inventing the idea and coining the word "ansible", because he's a peculiarly obsessed, batshit crazy, foaming-at-the-mouth, homophobic bigot, who actively and professionally fights against LGBTQ+ people and same sex marriage, who was a participating member of the board of the anti-gay hate group National Organization for Marriage, who has systematically and mendaciously spread extremist views, lies, bigotry, and hatred of gays and lesbians, and who has a long sordid history of loudly and publicly advocating making homosexuality and same sex marriage illegal. Orson Scott Card is personally responsible for weaponizing "cancel culture" to cancel and outlaw same sex marriages, so he fully deserves to be just as canceled himself for being a hateful bigot, as he would cancel and destroy other people's families for simply loving someone of the same sex. And Orson Scott Card certainly doesn't deserve credit for an original idea and term coined by a great open minded pioneering feminist science fiction author, Ursula K Le Guin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin#Gender_and_sexuality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin#Gender_and_s... >Gender and sexuality are prominent themes in a number of Le Guin's works. The Left Hand of Darkness, published in 1969, was among the first books in the genre now known as feminist science fiction, and is the most famous examination of androgyny in science fiction. https://www.verbicidemagazine.com/2013/11/07/homophobia-quotes-orson-scott-card-controversy-bigot-enders-game/ https://www.verbicidemagazine.com/2013/11/07/homophobia-quot... >“Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books, not to be indiscriminately enforced against anyone who happens to be caught violating them, but to be used when necessary to send a clear message that those who flagrantly violate society’s regulation of sexual behavior cannot be permitted to remain as acceptable, equal citizens within that society.” -“The Hypocrites of Homosexuality,” in Sunstone magazine, 1990 (source) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card#Homosexuality_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card#Homosexuality... >Card has publicly declared his support of laws against homosexual activity and same-sex marriage. Card's 1990 essay "A Changed Man: The Hypocrites of Homosexuality" was first published in Sunstone and republished in his collection of non-fiction essays, A Storyteller in Zion. In the essay, he wrote in favor of laws against homosexual behavior to discourage the acceptance of homosexual people. He said laws against homosexual acts would encourage communities to trust the government to support traditional "marriage and family relationships." Card also stated in a 2004 column that the development of homosexuality has environmental factors that can include abuse. In May 2013, Card wrote that since 2003, when the US Supreme Court had ruled those laws unconstitutional, he has "no interest in criminalizing homosexual acts". Responding to public criticism of the 1990 essay, Card stated since he received criticism for being both homophobic and for "being too supportive of homosexuality", he considered himself as taking a middle way "which condemns the sin but loves the sinner". Stop Saying You “Love the Sinner; Hate the Sin” https://redeeminggod.com/love-the-sinner-hate-the-sin/ https://redeeminggod.com/love-the-sinner-hate-the-sin/ >The simple fact that we label the person we are talking about as a “sinner” indicates that we do not have love for them in the first place. >Why do we have to “hate” anything?

DonHopkins 5y ago

You are correct, and additionally, Orson Scott Card definitely doesn't deserve to usurp Ursula K. Le Guin's credit for inventing the idea and coining the word "ansible", because he's a peculiarly obsessed, batshit crazy, foaming-at-the-mouth, homophobic bigot, who actively and professionally fights against LGBTQ+ people and same sex marriage, who was a participating member of the board of the anti-gay hate group National Organization for Marriage, who has systematically and mendaciously spread extremist views, lies, bigotry, and hatred of gays and lesbians, and who has a long sordid history of loudly and publicly advocating making homosexuality and same sex marriage illegal. Orson Scott Card is personally responsible for weaponizing "cancel culture" to cancel and outlaw same sex marriages, so he fully deserves to be just as canceled himself for being a hateful bigot, as he would cancel and destroy other people's families for simply loving someone of the same sex. And Orson Scott Card certainly doesn't deserve credit for an original idea and term coined by a great open minded pioneering feminist science fiction author, Ursula K Le Guin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin#Gender_and_sexuality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin#Gender_and_s... >Gender and sexuality are prominent themes in a number of Le Guin's works. The Left Hand of Darkness, published in 1969, was among the first books in the genre now known as feminist science fiction, and is the most famous examination of androgyny in science fiction. https://www.verbicidemagazine.com/2013/11/07/homophobia-quotes-orson-scott-card-controversy-bigot-enders-game/ https://www.verbicidemagazine.com/2013/11/07/homophobia-quot... >“Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books, not to be indiscriminately enforced against anyone who happens to be caught violating them, but to be used when necessary to send a clear message that those who flagrantly violate society’s regulation of sexual behavior cannot be permitted to remain as acceptable, equal citizens within that society.” -“The Hypocrites of Homosexuality,” in Sunstone magazine, 1990 (source) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card#Homosexuality_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card#Homosexuality... >Card has publicly declared his support of laws against homosexual activity and same-sex marriage. Card's 1990 essay "A Changed Man: The Hypocrites of Homosexuality" was first published in Sunstone and republished in his collection of non-fiction essays, A Storyteller in Zion. In the essay, he wrote in favor of laws against homosexual behavior to discourage the acceptance of homosexual people. He said laws against homosexual acts would encourage communities to trust the government to support traditional "marriage and family relationships." Card also stated in a 2004 column that the development of homosexuality has environmental factors that can include abuse. In May 2013, Card wrote that since 2003, when the US Supreme Court had ruled those laws unconstitutional, he has "no interest in criminalizing homosexual acts". Responding to public criticism of the 1990 essay, Card stated since he received criticism for being both homophobic and for "being too supportive of homosexuality", he considered himself as taking a middle way "which condemns the sin but loves the sinner". Stop Saying You “Love the Sinner; Hate the Sin” https://redeeminggod.com/love-the-sinner-hate-the-sin/ https://redeeminggod.com/love-the-sinner-hate-the-sin/ >The simple fact that we label the person we are talking about as a “sinner” indicates that we do not have love for them in the first place. >Why do we have to “hate” anything?