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Mon Feb 11, 2013, 07:59 PM

Posteritatis (17,303 posts)

3. I like that OSC's being invoked in headlines simply as "anti-gay writer," now. (nt)

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60 replies	Author	Time	Post
DC Comics under fire for hiring anti-gay writer to pen Superman [View all]	Ian Iam	Feb 2013	OP
Superman sales will suffer now because of this	Coolest Ranger	Feb 2013	#1
Do you mean in writing or do you mean because of the backlash?	cstanleytech	Feb 2013	#5
Because of the backlash	Coolest Ranger	Feb 2013	#6
They've been suffering for a while now. n/t	geomon666	Feb 2013	#24
Wasn't aware of that	Coolest Ranger	Feb 2013	#27
I don't know...Maybe the controversy will boost sales	Blue_Tires	Feb 2013	#49
Because of my partial blindness I haven't bought comics in forever	Coolest Ranger	Feb 2013	#50
I still prefer when superman.....	DeSwiss	Feb 2013	#2
I got that for Christmas last year....	WCGreen	Feb 2013	#4
PI? Private Investigator? Public Inquisitor?	Bucky	Feb 2013	#7
Penile Innoculator	DeSwiss	Feb 2013	#10
I like that OSC's being invoked in headlines simply as "anti-gay writer," now. (nt)	Posteritatis	Feb 2013	#3
True, he is also a "misogynist writer"	obamanut2012	Feb 2013	#44
don't confuse an artist with their work	SansACause	Feb 2013	#8
When an artist foregrounds his political/social views so aggressively...	Orrex	Feb 2013	#12
Through a lens, darkly	SansACause	Feb 2013	#14
A fair point, but I believe that the objection is still valid	Orrex	Feb 2013	#15
Oh there isnt any doubt that he is a bigoted ass but as for his writing....	cstanleytech	Feb 2013	#19
In the Ender series, the best book is _Xenocide_, I think. nt	tblue37	Feb 2013	#34
Orson made the decision to exploit his bigotry as what he thought would be a marketing tool for	Bluenorthwest	Feb 2013	#30
Yes, but based on his stance, hiring him in any capacity is like hiring Fred Phelps.	ET Awful	Feb 2013	#28
Exacty. Thanks.	theHandpuppet	Feb 2013	#29
Card lost the ability to separate his politics from his work years ago.	Posteritatis	Feb 2013	#58
Why is Mr. Card so fixated on homosexuality?	McCamy Taylor	Feb 2013	#9
Religion plays a role	Abnredleg	Feb 2013	#11
So his religion just 'plays a role'?	Bluenorthwest	Feb 2013	#31
I had no idea about that, but I've met him. He's a douchebag. nt	onehandle	Feb 2013	#13
Boo!	blkmusclmachine	Feb 2013	#16
Ultimate Iron Man	SansACause	Feb 2013	#23
It really bothers me that he can hold such hateful views...	kimmylavin	Feb 2013	#17
Totally in the Dark	Ian Iam	Feb 2013	#26
Oh, he came around to that position.	kimmylavin	Feb 2013	#37
The only book of his that I've read was "Ender's Game"	ChaoticTrilby	Feb 2013	#18
You might want to consider trying Speaker for the Dead then.	cstanleytech	Feb 2013	#20
Thank you.	ChaoticTrilby	Feb 2013	#40
To the library!	Bradical79	Feb 2013	#45
I move around a lot.	ChaoticTrilby	Feb 2013	#56
So your idea is that creativity requires millions in compensation or it is 'stifled'?	Bluenorthwest	Feb 2013	#32
Woah, nelly! That was not what I meant.	ChaoticTrilby	Feb 2013	#39
It's not just his views though. He actively lobbies to curtail rights.	indie_voter	Feb 2013	#42
I agree that his writing does not excuse his actions.	ChaoticTrilby	Feb 2013	#43
I have liked a lot of what he's written	GaYellowDawg	Feb 2013	#48
Good idea.	ChaoticTrilby	Feb 2013	#55
I thought Card would just create a new character...Morman	Tom Ripley	Feb 2013	#21
Flies around in his Magic Underwear!	AnnieBW	Feb 2013	#22
Excellent, Sir!	The Magistrate	Feb 2013	#25
Yeah, he lives in my back yard	Kelvin Mace	Feb 2013	#33
It may soon be discovered that Superman is actually an angel from the planet Kolob. nt	Zorra	Feb 2013	#35
DC Comics went to shit after Dan DiDio...	MicaelS	Feb 2013	#36
+1	geomon666	Feb 2013	#38
I'll never understand how he was promoted.	indie_voter	Feb 2013	#41
My family and I have really enjoyed the reboot.	Codeine	Feb 2013	#51
It sad that such a good writer....	daleanime	Feb 2013	#46
Good luck with that, Orson.	sofa king	Feb 2013	#47
I liked Ender's Game and books in that story line	Nika	Feb 2013	#52
The should not have used "under fire" in the title.	Pterodactyl	Feb 2013	#53
Dale Lazarov has it right, in my opinion	marshall	Feb 2013	#54
Bigot isn't a protected class, it's not discrimination it is discernment to avoid hiring bigots.	Exultant Democracy	Feb 2013	#57
Particularly when said bigots actively, stridently work to curtail others' rights	Posteritatis	Feb 2013	#59
I think all the hype about this will unintentionally increase sales.	Pterodactyl	Feb 2013	#60

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