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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."

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	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)

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