{"id":6986,"date":"2015-04-13T08:30:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T15:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=6986"},"modified":"2015-04-13T08:30:45","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T15:30:45","slug":"a-predictable-doubling-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/13\/a-predictable-doubling-down\/","title":{"rendered":"a predictable? doubling down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the weekend, I called out Brad Torgersen for trying to play bad cop\/completely psychotic cop with Vox Day as the latter<\/a>, following a weird post of Torgersen’s which was half-distancing, half-ante-upping, and literally calling everyone who would vote NO AWARD over slate candidates an asshole. The problem with the distancing part is that he and Correia actively recruited Vox into the fold<\/a> – but, again, see the link.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t going to write about this today, but… I can’t not, because his follow-up appears to be some sort of fierce yet hilarious doubling-down<\/a>. Honestly – and I swear I am not making this up, go read it yourself if you don’t believe me – he’s saying that if you’re against the Sad Puppies slate manipulation of the Hugo process to take control over most of the literary awards, you are a Leninist Communist.<\/em>*<\/sup><\/small><\/p>\n

No, really. Here’s a screencap of the tail end of his post.<\/p>\n


Nick Mamatas, please call your office<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

Also, from the same post, the Chick-fil-A corporation is apparently similarly heroic – he doesn’t use that word, but that’s what he’s saying – for daring to go, as he puts it, “off-script.” Just like he and Correia and Vox Day claim to have done. To eliminate Mr. Torgersen’s euphemism, the Chick-fil-A corporation is heroic for actively supporting and promoting, via money and corporate action, official government discrimination against LGBT people<\/a>. Just like the Puppies are heroes, apparently, for rigging the Hugo Awards with a bloc slate vote.<\/p>\n

Apparently. And critics of that are, presumably, see above.<\/p>\n

Hey, don’t blame me, it’s his simile. Also:<\/p>\n

<\/center><\/p>\n

Because only supporters of corporations which promote government discrimination against queers are truly Free People, just like only blocs of fans voting the same identical ballots so they can “stick it to” the “SJWs” are Free People. Apparently.<\/p>\n

But, you know, politics had nothing to do with the Puppies. They’re just Promoting Good SF. It’s the people upset about slate blocs who are the Commies.<\/p>\n

I’m just… wow. I mean wow<\/em>. Isn’t it great, what the Puppies have brought to fandom? Wow.<\/p>\n

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*<\/sup><\/small>: At least one commenter disagrees, asserting that the opposition to Sad Puppies are actually Nazis<\/a>. Glad to have that cleared up.<\/p>\n

eta: Some Puppies appear to be deleting things and\/or pretending things don’t exist. Too bad that’s not how the Internet works<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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