orson scott card can blow it out his ass
- July 9th, 2013
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James Nicoll reports on his blog that Orson Scott Card has declared marriage equality ‘moot’ and asks for ‘tolerance’ from ‘victors’ – oh, and please don’t boycott his movie. Bleeding Cool asks whether it’s enough.
No. It’s not. Honestly, I’m shaking a little with rage. That stinking S.O.B., whose legions and allies both active and advantageous have worked throughout my entire life to make me a non-person, who has advocated that I should be illegal and in jail and worked towards that goal, whose nationally-organised well-funded partners have actively persecuted me my entire life… who’ve harassed me, who’ve sent anonymous rape and death threats, who’ve assaulted me, sent me to hospital… I’ve sidetracked career, I’ve sidelined huge chunks of my life, I’ve spent – as they used to say – blood and treasure in fighting off these bastards… and knowing full well that they’d make me a nonperson again in a heartbeat if they could…
…the most we get out of this duplicitous steaming bile is “moot”ness and a request for “tolerance” (and don’t boycott my movie)?
Seriously?
Fuck you, Orson. Fuck. You.
This post is part of a collection of posts on sexism and racism in geek culture.
18 comments on Livejournal, 3 comments on Dreamwidth.
Well, he kinda earned it, most assuredly.
It will be my pleasure to boycott Card until my dying breath.
I remember when that asshole threatened to violently overthrow the government if they recognized all marriages equally. Now that’s starting to come to pass, and his response is to sob that those people whose lives he so slandered and victimized had better not choose not to pay him for the privilege? Fuck yourself SIDEWAYS, Card, you hateful piece of shit.
@Edward Martin III: Oh, he’s earned a lot more than that.
@Allegra: I’m boycotting until his death, tho’ to be honest at this point while there were books of his I wanted to read, I’m now so revolted by him that I probably won’t bother.
@Kathryn T.: Oh, you mean this one? I remember it like it was yesterday.
Also, Anna has added her own commentary on the subject here, on her blog.
Over at Livejournal, HarmfulGuy asks if this ‘mootness’ means that National Organisation for Marriage – for which Orson Scott Card serves as a board member – is closing its doors. No? No? Gosh.
He further suggests you may enjoy this in-depth analysis of Ender’s Game, published previously, about the problems of Mr. Card’s intention-exclusive morality. It’s worth a read.
Over on Facebook, James posts the link I couldn’t find for this post earlier – Indiana making it illegal for clergy to solemnise same-sex relationships. Freedom of religion my shiny metal ass – only if it’s their version and their views. Anything else? MAKE IT ILLEGAL! Why the hell not, eh?
I wonder if NOM had any hand in this in particular? Their friends certainly did.