I think I just threw up in my mouth a little

[fictional]

via rm: I found this delightful piece of nausea inducing vitriol from the mouth of author, John C. Wright. It's one of the most offensive things I've ever read. More so even than Orson Scott Card, which is saying something.

It's also really charming to see names I recognize from various fandoms (Star Wars being a particular offender) agreeing with this crap. I knew these folk wrote het, but I didn't realize it was from hate as opposed to "I just happen to ship this."

faris_nallaneen: we were eying some of his books the other day in B&N. I think we can safely say avoid, yes?

If you too wish to express dismay with the power of your pocketbook, here's a list of all his works.

Comments

[lefaym.livejournal.com]

OMG, that Wright thing: I'm just sitting here going D: -- it makes me feel a bit icky just knowing that I share the planet with someone like him, and the people agreeing with him in comments.

[svilleficrecs.livejournal.com]

I kept reading expecting it to be some really complicated form of sarcasm. Like... okay, and the punchline is where? For some reason I read the link at the top as being to the offending article, and thought what you'd linked me to was someone (ham-fistedly) making fun of the person spewing the homophobic bullshit. And I was like... wow. Okay, so that's the characture of what these people say, I wonder what the actual link says. Then I realized it *was* the rant.

And felt like barfing in my mouth a little.

[sykii.livejournal.com]

Ew! Is it just me, or can you see him hunched over his keyboard, spittle flying, as he types this?
As far as I know, I have never subsidized his existence, and I will be sure to avoid doing so in future. Thanks for the heads up.

[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

I've never read work by that... person. And now I never will. What a vile and hateful little man.

[scarlettgirl.livejournal.com]

...

Does anyone else feel the oncoming "It was all just a social experiment!"?

I feel in desperate need of a hot shower. My internets have been splooged upon.

[curriejean.livejournal.com]

He had me at, "as if this abomination is normal and natural and worthy of no comment." I closed the window. The guy obviously doesn't deserve the attention he's gotten.

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

Wow. What an utter TOOL.

The essay and the first page of responses horrified me, but from about the second page on the responses cheered me up considerably.

[sykii.livejournal.com]

It also occurs to me that I've heard this "Diversity = Perversity" thing like a billion times lately, and never before a month ago. Did all the bigots in the world just figure out that the two words rhyme? Do they all feel terribly clever about this? Is this a talking point? Are all right-wing talking points now to be delivered in rhyme? Does this explain Bobby Jindal's elocution style? I MUST KNOW.

[rahirah]

Ew.