I have a friend who is a boardgame publisher and he steers WELL clear of that crowd

they are reputationally dangerous

But the SJW types love taking over nerd spaces

because they can get you banned from conventions where people sell their shit

But, what I will say is this is the exact reason why I tell all men to be careful around woman when you are sleeping with them, exspecially if it is causal. We are manipulative and cunning and will find a way to cut you down

Yeah, that's part of why I'm avoiding the "writing community" too

Lol @Black Cat white knighting for fatties.

It's rough, they'll tear you down for literally anything

Dude, I recall something similar happening a few years ago. 2015 was when marriage equality happened right? Anyway, the city's pride parade took place a couple days after the verdict, and the organizers demanded more police protection out of fear of backlash. Then the police showed up as requested, and attendees revolted against the organizers for bringing "violence" to the event. organizers had to step down lol

I was agreeing with you!

@Black Cat
Oh. Based.

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Any of y'all ever heard of Amelie Wen-Zhao?

Not I.

She wrote YA dystopia novel #183567 but made the mistake of basing it on some of her experiences in China

Oh wait

That included slavery, and people flipped their shit before the book even released because she was... appropriating black American experiences

yes this sounds familiar. I used to work in the YA section of a public library, and I recall hearing news about this

(with slavery, even though they've never experienced slavery themselves but w/e)

Yeah, it was pretty lulworthy on its own but scary for a would-be author

Also there's the implication that only black Americans have a history of slavery

It's funny, b/c those are the same complainers that come to the aid of authors who write books about LGBTQ issues when they're challenged by members of the community who don't want those books in the library or whatever

I dealt with book bans/challenges a lot back then

But yeah, she got bullied into pulling her book for essentially nothing... that's part of why I only write under pseudonyms

Yeah? I hadn't thought of that one but you're right

We had religious fundies coming in and complaining about John Green books and shit, and then blue-haired land whales complaining about right-wing political books and shit.

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What's wrong with John Green? I've never read his stuff

Some of his characters are gay and the books feature some sexual content.

Might as well close the libraries.

Ahhh

@Katie_May The tea party tried to do this in my state via a lawsuit over taxation. They did not win.

I'm wondering where all this is gonna go

We really should be burning books that promote sodomy tho...

Maybe eventually it'll explode and people will realize how stupid this all is, but I'm not optimistic

Well everyone enjoys a good bonfire....

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At least here in the Midwest we do

If it doesn’t stop....reich wins

I could think of worse things

I win either way, tbh.