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Charles Fout's avatar

"the sickness that was McCarthyism"

McCarthy was right. Where he went wrong was in underestimating the size of the threat, and how deeply the rot had already set in.

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Vox Day's avatar

They’re not professional writers, so what use could they possibly have for a professional agent?

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Fandom Pulse's avatar

Good point.

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Joseph L. Wiess's avatar

I hate to say it, but you answered your own question, when you said that the truimvers embraced Authoritarianism. It sounds like the SFF has always been communist and they are stuck in the past.

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James Allin's avatar

Time to start an alternative to WorldCon, no matter how small it might be.

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Leslie Varney's avatar

Little Sense, it's impossible for you to hurt me. And I neither have nor need such a narrative. No poor me; I'm punching back. That's what this ban does for me.

And poopsie, I get how humiliating it is that you fell for his line of BS before, but to keep believing it now would be insane! 8 years, no arrests outside Torswats, who says Patty did it? Over 4 months since Torswats was sentenced? How many years will you keep believing this crap?

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Codex redux's avatar

If they'd stuck to openly and honestly banning pinkos and perverts, they'd still have a functioning WorldCon.

Yes, I know: "But, we wouldn't have an SF genre without communist subversion of our institutions and pedophilic, gay, incest stories!"

Fine by me.

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J.R. Logan's avatar

I write genre fluid so burning one or two down for a time is ok.

Realy if we lose SF say good bye to a space program of any meaning. Not to mention an idea of heroic grit.

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Codex redux's avatar

Tell that to Mr. Burroughs and the Western writers.

Stories of heroic grit are genre independent. If SF is held hostage by the pinko & pervert crew, the stories will go elsewhere.

Including to indie adventure stories set in space that the P&P Worldcon gatekeepers claim is not Real SF.

Dunno about the high-level engineers required for Space-X projects. They might be orthogonal to the question. Certainly P&P-crew dominance in every other institution hasn't helped them.

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HiFi's avatar

Maybe don’t hang out with a bunch of racist sexist shitheel trolls from the OnA forums. You painted yourself with shit, Leslie. Enjoy the smell, dumbass.

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Leslie Varney's avatar

Are you planning on joining Tomlinson as a defendant in a defamation suit? How about you stop believing bullshit spewing from the keyboard of a vile, misogynistic, racist, performative former author?.

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HiFi's avatar

Hurts when somebody tells the truth about you, huh? Fucks up your whole “poor me” narrative.

I know what you did, the whole world knows what you are, and your DARVO bullshit won’t save you, as you’ve already dug your hole, as evidenced by your convention ban. I’m just here to laugh and point at you and your cohort of pathetic OnA trolls like Dan Mullen and Bernard Murphy.

Keep digging, knucklehead, I’m sure it’ll go great for you.

Pathetic fucking troll.

You should probably find a 3rd shift cashier job at a gas station moving forward, just to keep a few ducats in your pocket and a roof over your head.

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Leslie Varney's avatar

Small fry, nothing you say would hurt me on any level ever, and certainly not your bigoted defamation. You and the rest of his ass-lickers are some of the most gullible people! You've believed his baloney for 8 years without a shred of proof except his say-so. Even when his SWATter was caught, even though Torswats gave all his info up over 4 months ago, even though Torswats' conspirators said Torswats did it all himself for fun, you still believe there's a cabal gunning for him. Not one person ever arrested, not one SWAT while he has renters, but sure! I get it; you're in too deep to give up your fantasy of his victimhood. I make fun of him. Nothing more. They make fun of him. Nothing more. Now I make fun of you, too

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HiFi's avatar

Dis you?

Seems like there’s plenty of reasons to ban yer evil ignant ass from everywhere, sad little troll.

And when you find someone else who got a Russian billionaire killed, you lemme know.

I’m already on to my second and third.

You have no idea who or what I am, knucklehead. Dig your hole.

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Leslie Varney's avatar

If you were talking to me, I have no idea what you're babbling on about. But sure, evweywon is very afwaid da the big, bad Russian twoll hunter stomping his wittle feetsies!

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HiFi's avatar

I’m not stomping, failtroll who destroyed her life and business to be a stupid cunt, I’m laughing. You can’t even come close to touching me or what I’ve done. You’re a fungus on a flea off a donkey’s scrotum, comparatively. I have flatulations more important than you. Kiwi Farms crosses the street when I’m on the sidewalk, and they recognize you and the OnA incelly spergbois as the least of internet wannabe failures. Hell, they rate keffels higher than you, and they want her dead. It’s not even a contest. I just like poking you to watch you wordvomit and lolcow. Keep up the good work, champ. Blow yer whole life up.

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Charles Fout's avatar

So, you admit to being a serial killer?

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HiFi's avatar

I could murder a bowl of golden grahams right now, but that’s probably just the munchies from these dank bong rips.

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HiFi's avatar

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha you have literal fuckin Nazis simping for you. Omfg.

https://youtu.be/pBllBUn0KLY?si=Ceb8rvg8NVPzoSzs

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Tex Albritton's avatar

As the Venona project showed, McCarthy was right.

Nice try, grasshopper. Now BACK to sweeping the Shaolin temple.

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