tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post8709426399346430863..comments2024-01-07T05:28:45.522-08:00Comments on Thmazing's Thutopia: The Orson Scott Card Stigma Part two: Painted with the Same BrushTh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-68294915071748768332013-02-27T21:38:24.095-08:002013-02-27T21:38:24.095-08:00.
I find some of Card's work among the best o....<br /><br />I find some of Card's work among the best of the last century. And some of it's not even close. And I too don't really worry about being painted with anyone's brush, though I recognize other people worry about it all the time. I yam what I yam. Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-14566091139499365462013-02-27T15:05:22.092-08:002013-02-27T15:05:22.092-08:00*musing (not music)
*work (not word)*musing (not music)<br /><br />*work (not word)Moriah Jovanhttp://moriahjovan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-65806336639828574832013-02-27T15:03:14.694-08:002013-02-27T15:03:14.694-08:00James, I thought your comment over at AML was utte...James, I thought your comment over at AML was utter genius. This:<br /><br />“I see an early pattern of people trying to stigmatize traditional-marriage-ism as a dangerous and antisocial position by attempting to socially and economically isolate advocates. [...] The All Out Petition is also designed to show that there will be consequences for others who take the increasingly taboo (in literary circles) position of opposing marriage redefinition. The persuasion/intimidation effect is definitely there for younger artists who can’t afford to lose a contract casually.”<br /><br />It was Noam Chomsky who said: “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.”<br /><br />So the semantic/rhetorical debate is, in fact, important in narrowing the debate until it becomes about nothing at all. We are just then conditioned to not say That Word/That Phrase (whatever it is) and nothing ever gets solved. But then, it's not meant to get solved.<br /><br />As to Theric's music that Card's Mormonism might affect other Mormon artists who trade on their Mormonism... I don't have this fear. Why? My politics protects me from it, because my work is predicated on my politics as much as it is on Mormonism. <br /><br />Anyone who has read me AND Card will know that I (libertarian capitalist) have nothing in common with Card (anti-gay-marriage socialist) except the word "Mormon."<br /><br />Aside: There are a lot of reasons Card and I wouldn't get along (AT. ALL.), but speaking strictly to his word, I just don't find it particularly special. I know lots of people do, but I don't get the love.Moriah Jovanhttp://moriahjovan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-73938844605850293892013-02-27T13:30:56.989-08:002013-02-27T13:30:56.989-08:00I also have a prominent nose, though not as green....I also have a prominent nose, though not as green. And I'm a Mormon. James Goldberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14422536627746885883noreply@blogger.com