Log In

Home
    - Create Journal
    - Update
    - Download

LiveJournal
    - News
    - Paid Accounts
    - Contributors

Customize
    - Customize Journal
    - Create Style
    - Edit Style

Find Users
    - Random!
    - By Region
    - By Interest
    - Search

Edit ...
    - Personal Info &
      Settings
    - Your Friends
    - Old Entries
    - Your Pictures
    - Your Password

Developer Area

Need Help?
    - Lost Password?
    - Freq. Asked
      Questions
    - Support Area

Megaprimatus kong (spawn_of_kong) wrote in unfunny_fandom,
@ 2013-07-09 07:11:00

Current mood:

*facepalm*

OSC: Tolerate My Intolerance OMG!
"Orson Scott Card Wants Your 'Tolerance' for His Anti-Gay Views."

ETA: On a similar note, here's a column from ThinkProgress: "An Ethical Guide to Consuming Content Created by Awful People Like Orson Scott Card."

(Read comments) - (Post a new comment)

	It's a cheap shot, but somebody's gotta make it... full_metal_ox 2013-07-13 01:12 am UTC (link)
	Ender’s Game is set more than a century in the future and has nothing to do with political issues that did not exist when the book was written in 1984. "We have always been at war with the Buggers." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: It's a cheap shot, but somebody's gotta make it... sepiamagpie 2013-07-13 01:54 am UTC (link)
	I question the fact that the enemy is a euphemism for anal sex. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: It's a cheap shot, but somebody's gotta make it... full_metal_ox 2013-07-13 01:58 am UTC (link)
	I was hinging my wisecrack upon the fact that the original publication date happens to coincide with the title of a rather famous SF sociological cautionary tale, but...holy crap, you may be onto something. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: It's a cheap shot, but somebody's gotta make it... sepiamagpie 2013-07-13 02:01 am UTC (link)
	IT WAS TRES AMUSANT. But I got totally distracted with 'wait, bugger means--' which I remember catching me by surprise when I was reading about the book about a year ago but can't remember if I asked anyone about it then. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: It's a cheap shot, but somebody's gotta make it... full_metal_ox 2013-07-13 02:06 am UTC (link)
	(Sorry if my 'splanation came across as condescending; conversing in oblique allusions is a chronic bad habit of mine, and tone can be a tricky thing online.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: It's a cheap shot, but somebody's gotta make it... soc_puppet 2013-07-13 08:59 am UTC (link)
	I remember being surprised by that the first time I read it over a decade ago, but I hadn't thought to put two and two together until now. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: It's a cheap shot, but somebody's gotta make it... ekaterinv 2013-07-13 02:33 am UTC (link)
	I'm really surprised no one seems to bring this up. (Reply to this)(Parent)

(Read comments) -

Privacy Policy - COPPA
Legal Disclaimer - Site Map