I'm taking a stand against political correctness in my writing group...

[Dan Stubbs]

...and I'm already making enemies.

The Education Officer has invited a "diversity discussion and panel" to talk to our writer's group and that has me alarmed.

You see, I've included all sorts of diversity in my science fiction book series, a mixed bag of characters which include people of all races, species, sexual orientations, sexual identities, and what not. Foolish me, I thought that was a good thing.

Apparently not.

When "white, straight, cis males" write anyone who isn't white, straight, cis and male, apparently we need special pointers from self-appointed guidance counselors so that we can avoid "offending" people.

Today, I made a big stink about it on the group's Facebook page, telling the group I'm not going to submit my work for approval by censors.

The Vice-President of the group told me to "give it a rest" and the Education Officer tried to shut down the debate as "destructive." So I know they're both against me, because they're trying to censor the discussion.

Tell me what you think. Is this a fight worth fighting? I think it is.

Seems you are being repressed in your writing, after all it is the same as speech

 

[BULLDOG]

Did you go into your childish rant about Nazis with them too? I suspect you won't need to make a choice anyway. They will probably kick your crazy ass out of the program anyway. Grow up you big baby.

So you're taking a stand in favor of censorship.

I'm glad you've declared yourself so openly, now I know you're an enemy of America and everything it stands for.

What ever, BooBoo. Tell me more about the Nazis trying to help beginning authors.

You are an enemy.

Really? Do I get some sort of badge, or a certificate? I like to stick those to the refrigerator with those little magnets.

You lost this argument like you do with most. Give it up.

There was no argument to be had. He asked if would be worth while to be a whiny bitch because he didn't like the advice given to him, and I laughed at him. Exactly what points do you think he was trying to make ?

 

[Blackrook]

The "lesson" is "don't offend LGBT people, they will get you, and then you will be sorry."

No mention of what happens if you offend Christians.

 

[Blackrook]

Someone came onto the Facebook discussion and related the story of a white woman who wrote a very good book, but was told she should not have written it because it's about black people and she's not black. She despaired and gave up writing her book.

So books are being destroyed, just as certainly as if they were tossed into a bonfire. And those who burn books will burn people.

 

[Blackrook]

I've made the decision that initiating a Facebook discussion about this issue is not enough. I am a lawyer, so I'm going to take on my writer's group using legal means. I have PM'd the Vice-President and asked him to mail me a copy of the by-laws. Once I have studied the by-laws, I will see if there are provisions for an emergency election of new officers. If there are, I will attempt to rally together an alliance of writers who oppose the "diversity workshop" and put them up as candidates for officer. I already know there are three officers who need to be replaced, the Vice-President, the Education Officer, and one other officer who I do not yet know his position, but will make it my business to find out.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

So you're taking a stand in favor of censorship.

I'm glad you've declared yourself so openly, now I know you're an enemy of America and everything it stands for.

What ever, BooBoo. Tell me more about the Nazis trying to help beginning authors.

You are an enemy.

Really? Do I get some sort of badge, or a certificate? I like to stick those to the refrigerator with those little magnets.

You lost this argument like you do with most. Give it up.

There was no argument to be had. He asked if would be worth while to be a whiny bitch because he didn't like the advice given to him, and I laughed at him. Exactly what points do you think he was trying to make ?

He never asked that. You inferred that. Being that you’re a whiny old fool you should not be throwing stones, little man.

 

[BULLDOG]

What ever, BooBoo. Tell me more about the Nazis trying to help beginning authors.

You are an enemy.

Really? Do I get some sort of badge, or a certificate? I like to stick those to the refrigerator with those little magnets.

You lost this argument like you do with most. Give it up.

There was no argument to be had. He asked if would be worth while to be a whiny bitch because he didn't like the advice given to him, and I laughed at him. Exactly what points do you think he was trying to make ?

He never asked that. You inferred that. Being that you’re a whiny old fool you should not be throwing stones, little man.

I might have paraphrased it a little, but yes, he did ask that question.

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

...and I'm already making enemies.

The Education Officer has invited a "diversity discussion and panel" to talk to our writer's group and that has me alarmed.

You see, I've included all sorts of diversity in my science fiction book series, a mixed bag of characters which include people of all races, species, sexual orientations, sexual identities, and what not. Foolish me, I thought that was a good thing.

Apparently not.

When "white, straight, cis males" write anyone who isn't white, straight, cis and male, apparently we need special pointers from self-appointed guidance counselors so that we can avoid "offending" people.

Today, I made a big stink about it on the group's Facebook page, telling the group I'm not going to submit my work for approval by censors.

The Vice-President of the group told me to "give it a rest" and the Education Officer tried to shut down the debate as "destructive." So I know they're both against me, because they're trying to censor the discussion.

Tell me what you think. Is this a fight worth fighting? I think it is.

Well, this isnt going to go well

 

[OldLady]

Someone came onto the Facebook discussion and related the story of a white woman who wrote a very good book, but was told she should not have written it because it's about black people and she's not black. She despaired and gave up writing her book.

So books are being destroyed, just as certainly as if they were tossed into a bonfire. And those who burn books will burn people.

Write about what you know.
Show, don't tell.

I think you should listen to all the advice you can get, blackrook.
Your initial line that has caused concern is really lame fiction writing anyway. Just give us a page or two of her having an encounter with a female. Show, don't tell. Or if that's too much for you, leave it out. Does it move the plot to have her bi? If so, you've got some porn to watch.

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

I have half a mind to attend this so-called "workshop" and when the time for questioning begins, raise my hand and ask:

"Who died and put you in charge of what people are allowed to write about LGBT and minorities?"

Kind of defeats the whole purpose of creative writing, doesnt it.

 

[BULLDOG]

I have half a mind to attend this so-called "workshop" and when the time for questioning begins, raise my hand and ask:

"Who died and put you in charge of what people are allowed to write about LGBT and minorities?"

And if you had the other half of that mind, you would see how childish that would be.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

You are an enemy.

Really? Do I get some sort of badge, or a certificate? I like to stick those to the refrigerator with those little magnets.

You lost this argument like you do with most. Give it up.

There was no argument to be had. He asked if would be worth while to be a whiny bitch because he didn't like the advice given to him, and I laughed at him. Exactly what points do you think he was trying to make ?

He never asked that. You inferred that. Being that you’re a whiny old fool you should not be throwing stones, little man.

I might have paraphrased it a little, but yes, he did ask that question.
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A little? LOL

 

[Blackrook]

I've been posting on Facebook all night and into the wee hours of the morning about this issue, and I've probably convinced no one of anything.

There is no way I can stop this "diversity workshop" from happening, the Education officer who is bringing it in is extremely popular and has many friends, so there is no way I can win a fight with her.

But I have raised a very unholy stink that I hope will taint the proceedings, and hopefully, people will eventually see that I was right all along when the bad things I predict start happening within the group.

 

[Blackrook]

I changed my mind, I'm not giving up the fight to save the writer's group.

I have called for emergency recall elections to remove the Vice-President and the Education Chair from their positions, and replace them with people who believe writers should write whatever the hell they want to write, with no restrictions imposed by busybodies and modern-day Inquisitors.

 

[OldLady]

I changed my mind, I'm not giving up the fight to save the writer's group.

I have called for emergency recall elections to remove the Vice-President and the Education Chair from their positions, and replace them with people who believe writers should write whatever the hell they want to write, with no restrictions imposed by busybodies and modern-day Inquisitors.

Well, if you're not too busy drowning out her words, I'd be interested in knowing why that line would offend anyone to start with. Report back to us?

 

[Blackrook]

The Vice-President removed the thread after I called for his removal, and now he's threatening me. What a thug.

 

[Blackrook]

I changed my mind, I'm not giving up the fight to save the writer's group.

I have called for emergency recall elections to remove the Vice-President and the Education Chair from their positions, and replace them with people who believe writers should write whatever the hell they want to write, with no restrictions imposed by busybodies and modern-day Inquisitors.

Well, if you're not too busy drowning out her words, I'd be interested in knowing why that line would offend anyone to start with. Report back to us?

What line?

 

[OldLady]

I changed my mind, I'm not giving up the fight to save the writer's group.

I have called for emergency recall elections to remove the Vice-President and the Education Chair from their positions, and replace them with people who believe writers should write whatever the hell they want to write, with no restrictions imposed by busybodies and modern-day Inquisitors.

Well, if you're not too busy drowning out her words, I'd be interested in knowing why that line would offend anyone to start with. Report back to us?

What line?

I described one of my characters as a "straight woman who experiments with lesbianism."
She said, that phrase might "offend" some in the LGBT community.

 

[Blackrook]

I changed my mind, I'm not giving up the fight to save the writer's group.

I have called for emergency recall elections to remove the Vice-President and the Education Chair from their positions, and replace them with people who believe writers should write whatever the hell they want to write, with no restrictions imposed by busybodies and modern-day Inquisitors.

Well, if you're not too busy drowning out her words, I'd be interested in knowing why that line would offend anyone to start with. Report back to us?

What line?

I described one of my characters as a "straight woman who experiments with lesbianism."
She said, that phrase might "offend" some in the LGBT community.

She did not explain why that concept was offensive, and that's really the point, isn't it? No one has to explain why they're offended, it is enough to know they are, and then the onus is on the writer to change his work so as to remove the offensive material. It's a crazy run through a House of Mirrors they're trying to impose on us.

 

[Blackrook]

I find myself caught in a war that I never anticipated. When I included LGBT characters as main characters in my work, I naively believed I'd have firm friends and allies on the left for doing so.

Now I have learned that the opposite is true. I am forbidden from including LGBT characters in my work because I am straight, and therefore, have no business writing about LGBT, unless I undergo some sort of screening process with LGBT people who must sign off that my work is not "offensive" to them.

It's a topsy-turvy world I've entered, and I am only now realizing how truly wicked the left really is.