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Re:One of the greatest science fiction magazines is now avai... by SolaceQuantum on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @11:22AM (#20758072)
I'd recommend looking into a phenomenon known as 'racefail 09'. It was a large fandom-wide discussion on dated depictions of non-majority demographics (focused mostly on race, thus the name). Several of today's big authors were part of racefail '09 when it happened and its effect is still visible on modern scifi.
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Re:One of the greatest science fiction magazines is now avai... by baud147258 on Thursday August 22, 2019 @05:53AM (#20766321)
From a cursory look, if you're white and write a PoC character, you're racist. And if you're white and don't write a PoC character you're also racist. Cool.
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Re:One of the greatest science fiction magazines is now avai... by SolaceQuantum on Thursday August 22, 2019 @11:09AM (#20768928)
Was this comment made in good faith?
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Re:One of the greatest science fiction magazines is now avai... by baud147258 on Thursday August 22, 2019 @11:54AM (#20769472)
Maybe yes, maybe not.

Edit: it was low-tier shitposting. I'll let you judge what it means in the context of your question.

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Re:One of the greatest science fiction magazines is now avai... by ergothus on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @11:49AM (#20758374)
Thank you for this - a ton to digest, and a lot of thought-provoking material here.
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Re:One of the greatest science fiction magazines is now avai... by SolaceQuantum on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @11:56AM (#20758464)
You're very welcome. I'm glad it happened now, but at the time, it was a flamewar to rival all flamewars.
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