In Which John C. Wright is Wrong About Everything, Forever, World Without End, Amen: An Open Letter

May 08, 2014 21:25

If you haven’t been following the slowly-building SF/F fandom and genre dustup for the past few months, what follows may be of limited use to you, even if you follow the links.  Fair warning.

Natalie Luhrs did a really good job of explaining how John C. Wright is Lying About Everything in order to make the bigotry of those he champions appear to ( Read more... )

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akycha May 11 2014, 00:18:51 UTC
I enjoyed this so much I read it twice. What a gorgeous, beautifully-written, and rightly-reasoned piece. Thank you for sharing ( ... )

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chrysoula May 11 2014, 00:25:37 UTC
Oh my goodness. I want to give you a STANDING OVATION. Beautifully written and paced.

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popelizbet May 23 2014, 16:17:49 UTC
Thank you so much for reading!

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glinda_w May 11 2014, 21:52:44 UTC
Wow. Just... wow. So well said, every word of it.

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popelizbet May 23 2014, 16:53:41 UTC
Thank you for reading!

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Very long, read it all janedit May 12 2014, 16:01:07 UTC
My goodness, but you have a way with words!

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Re: Very long, read it all popelizbet May 23 2014, 16:54:55 UTC
Thanks! If you want more of my words that aren't snarky takedowns, hit the poetry tags on my journal.

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Well Dayum ext_2583126 May 15 2014, 05:21:59 UTC
That was one of the most heartfelt, systematic takedowns I've seen in a long time. My hat's off to you

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