I read every single comment in this long thread, before posting my first comment.
A whole thread, huh? Garsh.
If you had done any research about this online community, you would have found that people do not have a herd mentality. All it would have taken was for you to read a couple of other threads here.
But of course you didn't. Rigorous standards are things you demand from others. You can't be expected to meet them yourself.
Practice what you preach, Wes.
I mentioned the Left because the level of discourse was exactly what I've experienced from leftists, on numerous occasions--ad hominem slurs, perception elevated over reality, a disinterest in truth, etc.
The statements on Vox's blog are exactly the kind of discourse I've experienced from misogynists, on numerous occasions. By the standards you hold yourself to, I'm entitled to call him a misogynist.
If he isn't one, Scalzi is right--he's a bad writer.
Well, I think that's the last piece of candy in old Wes.
Most of the commenters in this thread formulated their opinion of Vox and his views within the confines of a knee-jerk reaction, not a studied examination of his column or blog.
I wonder, Wes, if you hold yourself to this same rigorous standard. Here's a big quote from your very first post in this thread:
I find myself amazed at the herd mentality of most commenters in this thread...
I find it ironic that the Left--which I'm sure is represented by a solid portion of this thread's commenters...
How much research did you do into the supposed "herd mentality" of the commenters before making this post? How much research did you do before decided that a "solid portion" of the commenters were on the Left? Did you read other threads? How many? Which ones? Did you follow commenters' links to their own blogs? How many? Which ones?
It seems originality isn't a strong suit of many of the posters.
I don't care about being original; I only care about being right. If you tried to tell people that 2+2=5, you would get a lot of unoriginal responses.
Being original is easy. Being original and correct is not. You're still taking the easy path.
Don't read very well, do you?
Just fine, thanks.
Not if you think Vox asserted "that there are very few women writing hard science fiction" That's not what he said. If you don't understand that, you're wasting our time.
So he makes the assertion and the burden falls on others to disprove it?
Wrong.
... In reality, Vox was challenging his ad hominem attackers to prove him wrong, since he'd already made a case for his hypothesis. No one did.
He made a case for the assertion "Women do not write hard science fiction today because so few can hack the physics" ?
Is that what you think?
If so, that's unspeakably sad.
As for Vox's assertion that there are very few women writing hard science fiction...
Don't read very well, do you?
He made this suggestion as a means for you--and others--to disprove his assertions, if they were wrong. Thus far, no one has taken up the challenge.
So he makes the assertion and the burden falls on others to disprove it?
Wrong.
Funny things about the Internet: People who make clumsy assertions and then expect others to produce the facts that would disprove said assertions.
The Snake, The Crocodile and the Dog, by Elizabeth Peters. Very funny.
I like this image of Shanghai. It looks like the cover of a paperback I'd buy.
They ask me "Who are YOU to pass judgement on these poor people?"
I ask "Who do I HAVE to be?"
For starters, A person with moral authority. A person who does not condone murder and torture.
I have an honest question: Don't religious conservatives consider abortion a social justice issue?
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