Re:Orson Scott Card's Amazon Review of Ender's Game
by burgerbrain on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @10:26PM
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I mean I am not going to lose sleep over people thinking less of me for disliking homophobes. I won't be persuaded to modify my opinions by warnings that the people I dislike (homophobes) will dislike me in return.
Re:Orson Scott Card's Amazon Review of Ender's Game
by chernevik on Friday May 27, 2011 @03:33PM
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And you've already dismissed the possibility that they actually have reasons for their opinions, or you wouldn't refer to them with a pejorative. So it looks like nothing could persuade to change your mind.
The problem with these "homophobes" is their closed minds, right?
Re:Orson Scott Card's Amazon Review of Ender's Game
by burgerbrain on Saturday May 28, 2011 @11:02PM
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I don't care what their reasons are, nor have I ever doubted that they have them. Racists have reasons too, simply having a reason is worthless.
Use your imagination and consider circumstances where people with the "right" opinions are outnumbered, and considered dangerous. I _hope_ that I'd be saying the right things in Berlin 1935, or Richmond 1855, or Birmingham 1958, or Moscow 1920 - 1985. But I'm damn sure I'd be _concerned_ about the reaction to those remarks.