[EDIT: Brian Niemeier has all the details. It's so, so stupid.]
It's funny. Because Monday was going to be a post where I discussed social media whining and how Facebook and Twitter have lowered the level of discourse to the sewer that used to be dismissed as "the comments section."
Then James Gunn gets taken down by social media, so I figured I needed at least a little editing on that post before it went live.
Before I could get to editing THAT, World Con melts down.
Now, I'm not entirely up on all of the details, but I've got enough to make my head
So far, the gist is this: a typo in a World Con bio led to one of their guests being "Misgendered." According to the rules of conduct of WorldCon, the con ITSELF violated their own rules by misgendering this person.....
In short: the SJWs at World Con can't SJW ENOUGH for the SJW "masses" at the convention. This means the SJWs melt down online, while sane people sit back and laugh at them, because we saw all of this coming years ago. By "we" I mean Larry Correia, Brad Torgersen, and everyone else kicking around in 2015 who were shaking their heads at the slow motion train wreck that has apparently kicked into fast forward.
Meanwhile, middle aged white guys like John Scalzi noted that he was only allotted one panel at WorldCon, and the morning coffee meeting. His only comment at first was "Huh." He, of course, seemed to realize that he did not show sufficient enthusiasm for the Party, and stated later on Monday that he was happy to give up all of his panel time... I wonder if that's code for "I'm taking my ball and going home."
Meanwhile, as Jon del Arroz has pointed out, Scalzi seems to have been spurned in favor of .... well, any local writer of whatever random minority status they could get, and throwing them on every panel, whether or not they have any relevant experience. Because apparently, experience is racist because it's "a white thing."
.... That last part is supposed to be a joke. Time will tell if it becomes the latest drivel about racism.
It has been a glorious train wreck in the making. Time will tell if this really does become the end of World Con.
Heck. I don't even know how Jon del Arroz's lawsuit is going. If that kicks into high gear soon, things will become even MORE entertaining. Heh heh heh.
Meanwhile, enjoy some books that are relatively politics free, and all about action, high explosives, and true love .... with some violence and bloodshed thrown in for fun.
Then James Gunn gets taken down by social media, so I figured I needed at least a little editing on that post before it went live.
Before I could get to editing THAT, World Con melts down.
Now, I'm not entirely up on all of the details, but I've got enough to make my head
So far, the gist is this: a typo in a World Con bio led to one of their guests being "Misgendered." According to the rules of conduct of WorldCon, the con ITSELF violated their own rules by misgendering this person.....
In short: the SJWs at World Con can't SJW ENOUGH for the SJW "masses" at the convention. This means the SJWs melt down online, while sane people sit back and laugh at them, because we saw all of this coming years ago. By "we" I mean Larry Correia, Brad Torgersen, and everyone else kicking around in 2015 who were shaking their heads at the slow motion train wreck that has apparently kicked into fast forward.
Meanwhile, middle aged white guys like John Scalzi noted that he was only allotted one panel at WorldCon, and the morning coffee meeting. His only comment at first was "Huh." He, of course, seemed to realize that he did not show sufficient enthusiasm for the Party, and stated later on Monday that he was happy to give up all of his panel time... I wonder if that's code for "I'm taking my ball and going home."
Meanwhile, as Jon del Arroz has pointed out, Scalzi seems to have been spurned in favor of .... well, any local writer of whatever random minority status they could get, and throwing them on every panel, whether or not they have any relevant experience. Because apparently, experience is racist because it's "a white thing."
.... That last part is supposed to be a joke. Time will tell if it becomes the latest drivel about racism.
It has been a glorious train wreck in the making. Time will tell if this really does become the end of World Con.
Heck. I don't even know how Jon del Arroz's lawsuit is going. If that kicks into high gear soon, things will become even MORE entertaining. Heh heh heh.
Meanwhile, enjoy some books that are relatively politics free, and all about action, high explosives, and true love .... with some violence and bloodshed thrown in for fun.
Because apparently, experience is racist because it's "a white thing."
ReplyDelete.... That last part is supposed to be a joke. Time will tell if it becomes the latest drivel about racism.
It has already been said elsewhere. Requiring Relevant experience and skill at the job is apparently a sign of bigotry and discrimination.
A typo is worth screaming about "not feeling safe", apparently.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's completely sane. Very healthy behavior.
This all reminds me of a bit of 17th Century fiction :"The Rape of the Lock" ... This is not the Greek style tragedy about the victimization of women, but a fopish comedy about a wig snipped without permission that devolves ad absurdum. It is a little surreal to read about it in the local news about a corner of the world I used to care deeply about.
ReplyDeleteSeems like I got out of that churning bit of crazy while the getting was good.