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TW: Misogyny, Rape.
So. Early last week, I recieved a link out of a Slacktivist thread leading to the blog of one John C. Wright, apparently a Sci-Fi author. It led to an interesting bit about the nature of reality, knowledge, and the scale of the universe. It wasn't long, however, before I realized I was dealing with Republican territory, as the subsequent post was about... how horrible non-Christians are. Also, Obama taking over schools, or something. He was complaining about conservatives taking the defensive (somehow), so I said that, well, they're called conservatives because they defend/conserve the status quo.
This prompted him to write a massive post about how Progressivism is actually a form of totalitarianism, which is COMMUNAZISM, and, well... it was a thing. Pretty inane, but yet, I felt obligated to respond.
Then I read the next post. I... I can't go back.
I can only take so much evil.
It went on about how women in fantasy fiction are historically inaccurate. Okay, so far, so ordinary. And yet he managed to sprinkle it with such subtly eloquent misogyny that it was... like a perfect cocktail of wrong. Leaving aside the fact that he seems to operate under Parthenogenesis universe conditions (which may have something to do with the whole 'birth control is evil' thing), he then decides that the reason modern fantasy fiction has female characters (that do something) is because the public school system indoctrinates children to be ahistorical. Fantasy fiction, you see, can't be good unless it's based on real history, so that means no female warriors. It's okay, though, because females can still be love interests and damsels in distress! After all, Guinevere toppled a kingdom with a bat of her eyelashes...
Bonus: Ooh, ooh, guess what his example of female bravery was? Being raped. I wish I was kidding.
Yeah. I won't be messing with this drek.
So. Early last week, I recieved a link out of a Slacktivist thread leading to the blog of one John C. Wright, apparently a Sci-Fi author. It led to an interesting bit about the nature of reality, knowledge, and the scale of the universe. It wasn't long, however, before I realized I was dealing with Republican territory, as the subsequent post was about... how horrible non-Christians are. Also, Obama taking over schools, or something. He was complaining about conservatives taking the defensive (somehow), so I said that, well, they're called conservatives because they defend/conserve the status quo.
This prompted him to write a massive post about how Progressivism is actually a form of totalitarianism, which is COMMUNAZISM, and, well... it was a thing. Pretty inane, but yet, I felt obligated to respond.
Then I read the next post. I... I can't go back.
I can only take so much evil.
It went on about how women in fantasy fiction are historically inaccurate. Okay, so far, so ordinary. And yet he managed to sprinkle it with such subtly eloquent misogyny that it was... like a perfect cocktail of wrong. Leaving aside the fact that he seems to operate under Parthenogenesis universe conditions (which may have something to do with the whole 'birth control is evil' thing), he then decides that the reason modern fantasy fiction has female characters (that do something) is because the public school system indoctrinates children to be ahistorical. Fantasy fiction, you see, can't be good unless it's based on real history, so that means no female warriors. It's okay, though, because females can still be love interests and damsels in distress! After all, Guinevere toppled a kingdom with a bat of her eyelashes...
Bonus: Ooh, ooh, guess what his example of female bravery was? Being raped. I wish I was kidding.
Yeah. I won't be messing with this drek.
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Date: 2012-12-17 12:39 am (UTC)From:How would one even respond to this guy's points of view? I mean, I guess I've got to give him some world building credit - he's certainly built his own. And moved in. And welded the door back to this world shut.
I'd almost think he was a poe, or trolling, himself. Except he's clearly not. He really is that much of a raving asshat. Holy fuck. The sexism, racism, and just general unpleasantness are staggering.
(Also, I really hate to break it to him, but there _have been_ women warriors in history. Not that his oh so manly epeen could cope with that.)
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Date: 2012-12-17 05:30 am (UTC)From:The other posts aren't that much better, being the usual right wing bother. Yet, it seems like he can't go three paragraphs without hating someone. Like interrupting his several thousand word response RE: How Progressivism is totally the same as totalitarianism, because historical inevitability to rail about baby-killing sluts on the path to damnation.
I also like how any use of 'political correctness' (which is Marxism, by the way) is grounds for summary deletion. It's like the anti-AMR! (or whichever Liberalsphere website you choose) Which is funny, because, I mean... is there like a minimum slur/post requirement? Based on frequency, I suppose that may be the case.
Also, I like how he explicitly says 'dragons and elves are perfectly reasonable, but female warriors are too unrealistic to maintain suspension of disbelief'. And goes on to describe how sex roles must be preserved to ensure reproduction (?).
However, he appears to be giving up complaining as an Advent sacrifice, so no politics, which... seems to miss the point of Advent? But apparently it is a thing...
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Date: 2012-12-17 05:08 pm (UTC)From:Aside from remembering to not buy his books (not only do I suspect that they've got the same vile attitudes he does but it's hard to want to give someone like that money), I think he's best forgotten.
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Date: 2012-12-21 07:00 pm (UTC)From:As for the content of his books... they seem to reveal a certain preference towards voluntarism (on a spaceship!) and may also be, in one case, Christian Cyberpunk, which is... kinda cool sounding, but no (I don't really like Cyberpunk that much anyways...). Another is a story about a school for mythological creatures, or something? But yeah...