Elizabeth Moon vs. Sense, Round Two
Continuing from where it was left off over on Unfunny Business, Elizabeth Moon's invite as Guest of Honor to Wiscon has been Officially Rescinded. Not by the concom; by their superiors, who announced this with a very short statement.

Comments, predictably, are rather full of fail. Venture hence fully understanding the risk to your blood pressure. Lots of the usual "PC brigade will RUINS THE WORLD!" bullshit.

Discussing this: Cat Valente, Nick Mamatas, and N. K. Jemisin. The ever-fiery Karnythia has some stuff to say about the con itself.

Ms. Moon is entirely silent.

ETA: Cyan_Aura was kind enough to provide mention, and Juliansinger to provide a link to Ms. Moon's really fairly snippy leaving of the birthday party; since her GoH status was rescinded, she's decided just not to play (rather than attending and facing real live human beings).

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lady_jafaria
2010-10-23 06:31 am UTC (link)

Okay, I have anecdata here, but it's kind of relevant. A while back, the UMass Republican Club invited Don Feder to give a speech. Some people protested, and Feder cut his speech off early and left. The Republican Club proceeded to act like their freedom of speech had been infringed, when they were the ones who decided to stop speaking in the first place.

Moon's snit fit and her supporters' hyperbole rather reminds me of that. She could still have gone to the convention; removal of GoH status is not banning. She threw away what could have still been an opportunity to talk about her ideas (reprehensible as they are) in favor of pretending to be a victim of the PC Police.

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	come_love_sleep 2010-10-23 06:56 am UTC (link)
	It's so easy to win when you don't put yourself in a position to lose. Like, you know, facing other human beings. :( (Reply to this)(Parent)

agent_hyatt
2010-10-23 08:48 pm UTC (link)

the UMass Republican Club invited Don Feder to give a speech. Some people protested, and Feder cut his speech off early and left

Huh? *googles* ...between that and the Tea Party appearances, why did they think it would work out? Oh, right, they didn't, they just wanted to make a "Free Speech martyr" out of the asswipe. And fuck the comments calling hypocrisy on Amherst; freedom of speech doesn't mean having a right to a podium and audience of one's choice.

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	lady_jafaria 2010-10-23 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I don't even know how there would be any hypocrisy involved on the school's part; the school LET them host him, it was his decision to cut the speech off early. Freedom of speech does, of course, cover the right to not speak, but if you're going to wimp out you really shouldn't play it as persecution the next day. (Reply to this)(Parent)

lady_jafaria
2010-10-23 09:37 pm UTC (link)

Also, I can't edit comments, but I forgot to say I actually think they planned all along to cut the speech off once the protesters showed up, as a way of calling out campus liberals for "hypocrisy" or "intolerance." My cynicism and their previous horridness leads me to no other conclusion.

(The best part was, of course, the sign saying No Signs at the speech about free speech. Free speech for Republicans only!)

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