Re:Y.A. Author Pulls Her Debut After Pre-Publication Accusat...
by jeffdavis on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @03:03AM
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Let's say it's never redeemed, and it just ends up being a bad book. So what?
People have bad ideas all the time. Are we incapable of dealing with bad ideas on an intellectual level any more? We should be analyzing the understand the flaws in the reasoning that lead to the bad idea.
The antidote to bad ideas is reason, not silence.
Re:Y.A. Author Pulls Her Debut After Pre-Publication Accusat...
by dominicr on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @04:40AM
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I also think often the reaction isn't to the original source, often the reaction is to the reaction of others. Many people running around shouting "Fire!" without having even seen smoke.
I find it extremely sad that this is broadly phrased as something positive. Just consider how many great works of literature were publicly dammed and published regardless only to be redeemed decades or centuries later. Setting a precedent, even just a moral one, that public outcry should be considered when deciding on publishing is absolutely horrible.