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Does his opposition of homosexuality some how make his point about writing critiques less interesting?

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> Does his opposition of homosexuality some how make his point about writing critiques less interesting?

i'll bite: yes. it belies a lack of compassion, imagination, openness and curiosity required to create compelling fiction or writing advice that resonates with people who aren't bigots.

Orson Scott Card is one of the best selling sci Fi authors of all time, and has won the hugo and nebula award multiple times, and has been translated into 35+ languages. I think you would be pretty hard pressed to show that his writing isn't compelling to many people.

a lot of that happened before his views were more widely known. much like jk rowling. a lot of people have written both best-selling authors off as bigots; this is just a matter of fact. they may be financially comfortable but their standings have been irreparably harmed by their own statements.

Yes, and that's a completely different point from the one you were making.

Your claim that they became massively popular before they revealed themselves to be bigots, contradicts your claim about their

> lack of compassion, imagination, openness and curiosity required to create compelling fiction or writing advice that resonates with people who aren't bigots.

You are doing the cause a disservice. Think better.

we can learn new things about people that change the way we feel about them and the work they produce. nothing is truly static.

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