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Old 27th October 2013, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Hawkmonger View Post
Scott Card is a sexist, masogynistic (and mesandristic) homophobe who has proactively taken the stance that homosexuals are a vulgar speck on the face of humanity and has even written characters in his books as being shunned and freakish for their sexuality. He's aligned himself with the WBC and provided them with some of the earnings from his books. When I know that any of my money will end up in either his or their pockets, i'm not having it. This isn't an instance where distinguishing the art from the artist, this is an instance of a bigot who simply knows how to write good sci-fi.
Fair do's, but one of his novels inspired my favourite album of all time, so I can forgive all the other shit, as wrong as his opinions are
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