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Yes, the left never shuts up about it. I deplore his views, and Ender's Game was still a great book. People are complex.
by theorique 13y ago
Yes, the left never shuts up about it.
I deplore his views, and Ender's Game was still a great book.
People are complex.
- rmc 13y agoYes, people who are denied their rights, beaten up and killed tend to get annoyed about it. They have a right to be annoyed.
- theorique 13y agoOf course, but we've all heard the message a million times and we get it: bigotry is bad, OSC is a bigot against gays, and hence he is bad. No argument from me about those known truths. But does it have to be repeated every time the man's name gets mentioned like we don't know it?
- grammaton 13y agoMaybe because, in every audience, there are some people who have been beaten, or know people who have been beaten or killed, because of beliefs like this? Folks who've watched someone get their teeth kicked out over the sexual orientation tend to get a little...passionate...when a known homophobe's name comes up. They might even mention this out loud!
- altero 13y agoWhat if someone gets beaten up by minority members? Or does not get a job thanks to positive discrimination?