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Exultant Democracy

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6. I also get a feeling from some of his more homophobic

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 10:50 PM

Jan 2013

that something turned him around on that issue too. If songmaster was semi-autobiographical it wouldn't be surprising if he was what we would consider a closeted gay man. That in conjunction with his religion could lead to significant self hating behaviors.

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Orson Scott Card Has Always Been an Asshat [View all] haikugal Jan 2013 OP

No, Card wasn't always a fascist Fumesucker Jan 2013 #1

I remember hearing that sometime in the late 80s Codeine Jan 2013 #5

The Card of today would have never written the Songmaster. Exultant Democracy Jan 2013 #2

That narrows his change down date wise Fumesucker Jan 2013 #3

Nope - he was over the edge well before that. mzteris Jan 2013 #4

I also get a feeling from some of his more homophobic Exultant Democracy Jan 2013 #6

Just read the book jambo101 Jan 2013 #7

Agree with the previous poster Moe Shinola Mar 2013 #8