http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/13/dc-comics-hires-a-hateful-homophobe-to-write-superman Comments On: DC Comics Hires a Hateful Homophobe to Write Superman by Paul Constant en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Bonefish]]> Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:40:00 -0800 The Stranger
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Of course, "Mike's Favorite Author" has more to do with whether it's okay to like the books of a person with hateful political views.

My concern? If a person's political activism against a cause that we agree with is grounds for a firing, then a person's political activism for a cause that we agree with would have to be ground for a firing too. DC's position that they want to choose the best writer or artist regardless of that writer or artist's politics has merit.
Posted by DRF]]> Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:23:24 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Amanda]]> Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:00:58 -0800 The Stranger
1) Nobody is calling for Card to be thrown in prison or fined for his views. They are calling for a boycott unless he is fired.

2) Boycotts are not witch hunts or government infringement on anyone's rights. They are a collection of OTHER people practicing THEIR freedom of speech: I refuse to buy a product from someone who works diligently to destroy the lives of people I hold dear. I have a RIGHT to such a refusal, and I have a RIGHT to persuade (not force, but encourage) others to do the same. I also have a right to inform a company that I won't buy their product if it's created by such a person, and that it might behoove them to replace him. They, then, have a right to either take my advice or not.

When mass transit was boycotted over their racist policies, was that an infringement on racist bus drivers' First Amendment rights? Or was it an application of anti-racists mutual First Amendment rights? The same logic applies here.

Unless one of you concern trolls cares to argue why freedom of speech applies to Card but not to his detractors, you don't have a leg to stand on here.

Posted by Bonefish]]> Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:35:38 -0800 The Stranger
I always defend his RIGHT to be a hatemonger while at the same time I wish for Card to not represent America through any of its symbols and publishing avenues.
Posted by undead ayn rand]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:45:23 -0800 The Stranger
He's an active political lobbyist against human rights, but that's the closest it gets.

@25: "Sure, yeah, let's kick him out of his job because he's guilty of thoughtcrime"

He's not just guilty of thoughtcrime, dipshit. He is directly involved in the continued suppression of gay rights and through his opinion pieces has threatened violent reprisal against any government that would dare treat gays as human beings.
Posted by undead ayn rand]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:40:03 -0800 The Stranger
Loved Ender's Game and the older sequels. Eventually reached a critical level of "It seems unlikely that every right-minded person in this book could care this much about every little fetus."
Posted by Orsh]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:09:31 -0800 The Stranger
I have.

They're awful, illogical, religious based grounds for hatred. If that's the way he approaches logic in the real world, I refused to read any of his fictional writings on the supposed basis that they're good.

He's a hateful, confused old man and I haven't read a single one of his books, even as everybody implores me to how good they are. Fuck him.
Posted by TheMisanthrope]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:47:19 -0800 The Stranger
are you being ironic?

do you know how bigotry works?
Posted by ....should we laugh or cry?]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:43:49 -0800 The Stranger
Sure, yeah, let's kick him out of his job because he's guilty of thoughtcrime.

Maybe we could set up some kind of place off in the country where he could be shown the error of his ways. Someplace natural and healthy, like a camp of some sort, for reeducation.

And, of course, let's be sure to purge his books while were at it. No sense letting them go to waste of course...maybe they could be used to keep us warm on these cold winter nights?

Good grief...we bend over backwards convincing people that extending rights to us won't restrict anyone else's, and then we do dumb shit like this, playing right into the conservative victimology.

Since when are we such wusses that we can't handle an author who disagrees with us?
Posted by Corydon]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:30:32 -0800 The Stranger
Too often people mistake freedom of speech to mean that all speech is of equal value. It is most certainly not. This is true for all other rights we hold dear as Americans.
Posted by Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:06:46 -0800 The Stranger Should we ban Twain for being racist
Wow... what a fucking stupid thing to say.
Posted by sirkowski]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:30:02 -0800 The Stranger
When i see comment like this -

" I disagree wholeheartedly with your attempt to destroy his right to write."

NO ONE is doing that.
You would need a tool like the government to do that.

So I am disagreeing with equating a boycott with stopping someone from creating.

And yes, I know we're talking about DC comics, not washington DC.
They are a for profit company and if they make decisions that can negatively effect their bottom line, then so be it.

So to be clear - this is America, everyone has the right to their opinion, including being a gay hater OR being someone who doesn't want gay haters to be able to write stories for an iconic character.

And since no one is actually trying to get the government to stop OSC from writing i disagree with the notion that by boycotting someone it's the same as 'banning' someone from working.


Posted by BrianMyFatAss]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:21:39 -0800 The Stranger But I still don't see how the government is involved in any of this.
Posted by Jared Bascomb]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:38:04 -0800 The Stranger
You do realize that "DC" refers to DC Comics, the publishers of Superman, don't you? No, I guess you don't.

That said, I assume that DC will have some control over the content of whatever OSC writes, so his pernicious messages won't slip into his storyline, but I still wish they hadn't hired him.
Posted by Jared Bascomb]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:18:03 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ishf]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:17:58 -0800 The Stranger DC Comics has the right to hire anyone they want.
And I have the right to point out OSC is a homophobic kook who should not be supported.

This leads to -
I am totally against someone trying to get the US government to blackball OSC.

It's so disappointing when people can't tell the different between free speech and a government crack down.
We're all having an honest conversation here, right?
Right?
Posted by BrianMyFatAss]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:02:34 -0800 The Stranger
Yes, exactly the person who deserves to represent "Truth, Justice and the American Way".

Bigots and racists seem to have a non-stop series of supporters who would remove the rights of all to support someone's "right" to never be criticized.
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