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Aug. 13th, 2009 10:08 am"I swore to never be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides, Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim, silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
- Elie Wiesel
Normally I like to recommend authors with breathless enthusiasm and encourage you to buy two copies of their book in case you need a present for someone. (Such as the incredibly talented Caitlin Kiernan who just published the masterpiece of spooky overlapping stories The Red Tree.)
Today however I have to point out what a raging bigoted, homophobic person John C Wright actually is, and state I will never give him or his equally bigoted wife any of my dollars. (Who was involved in the racefail issues at WorldCon, which now seems unsurprising.)
http://johncwright.livejournal.com/269139.html
Growing up, I read a lot of science fiction. It was a cruel blow to grow up and figure out Card was such a virulent bigot, so much that it tainted any enjoyment I might have reading about Ender anymore. Wright is hardly even the writer Card is, so I won't miss much by not buying his books.
I also have to say, as someone who converted to Catholicism as an adult, that encountering such hate filled people who call themselves Catholic always disheartens me. The Catholics I have known, the church who graciously facilitated my conversion, are all such generous, level headed people even when confronted with things they disagree about. Perhaps I have been extraordinarily lucky, but I hate to think of such vicious people as representative of the Catholic Church.
In other news, the carrier Arctic Sea remains missing. While piracy is a valid option, it seems as if we would have heard something by now. It is certainly shaping up to be an X-Files moment.
I dreamed I was on some summer exchange in college and we were on a farm. My dreams have been so vivid since the hospital. I am glad they are not all nightmares now - two weeks of that was enough.
- Elie Wiesel
Normally I like to recommend authors with breathless enthusiasm and encourage you to buy two copies of their book in case you need a present for someone. (Such as the incredibly talented Caitlin Kiernan who just published the masterpiece of spooky overlapping stories The Red Tree.)
Today however I have to point out what a raging bigoted, homophobic person John C Wright actually is, and state I will never give him or his equally bigoted wife any of my dollars. (Who was involved in the racefail issues at WorldCon, which now seems unsurprising.)
http://johncwright.livejournal.com/269139.html
Growing up, I read a lot of science fiction. It was a cruel blow to grow up and figure out Card was such a virulent bigot, so much that it tainted any enjoyment I might have reading about Ender anymore. Wright is hardly even the writer Card is, so I won't miss much by not buying his books.
I also have to say, as someone who converted to Catholicism as an adult, that encountering such hate filled people who call themselves Catholic always disheartens me. The Catholics I have known, the church who graciously facilitated my conversion, are all such generous, level headed people even when confronted with things they disagree about. Perhaps I have been extraordinarily lucky, but I hate to think of such vicious people as representative of the Catholic Church.
In other news, the carrier Arctic Sea remains missing. While piracy is a valid option, it seems as if we would have heard something by now. It is certainly shaping up to be an X-Files moment.
I dreamed I was on some summer exchange in college and we were on a farm. My dreams have been so vivid since the hospital. I am glad they are not all nightmares now - two weeks of that was enough.