Since the freethinkers at the SFWA Forum are presently debating whether my comments can be permitted in the very place where I am attacked with the most badthink words the rabbits can produce, I hereby give myself permission, as per the SFWA Forum guidelines, to quote my posts here before they are disappeared again:
Her speech is ridiculous, her call for reconciliation is impossible, and, it should be noted, MS Jemisin is lying about me:
“For the past few days I’ve also been observing a “kerfuffle”, as
some call it, in reaction to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’
of America’s latest professional journal, the Bulletin. Some of you may
also have been following the discussion; hopefully not all of you. To
summarize: two of the genre’s most venerable white male writers made
some comments in a series of recent articles which have been decried as
sexist and racist by most of the organization’s membership. Now, to put
this in context: the membership of SFWA also recently voted in a new
president. There were two candidates — one of whom was a self-described
misogynist, racist, anti-Semite, and a few other flavors of asshole. In
this election he lost by a landslide… but he still earned ten percent of
the vote. SFWA is small; only about 500 people voted in total, so we’re
talking less than 50 people.”
I am not “a self-described misogynist, racist, anti-Semite, and a few
other flavors of asshole”. It is John Scalzi, Patrick Nielsen Hayden,
and Theresa Nielsen Hayden who have described me that way. I merely
posited that even if their false claims were true, I would still be the
right choice for SFWA president given my industry connections and
executive experience. Nor have I ever made any active efforts to take
away the woman’s “most basic rights”; I am in fact a libertarian. NK
Jemisin’s speech is not only ignorant, it is blatantly and provably
dishonest with regards to me, with regards to the history of science
fiction, and with regards to Florida and Texas state law.
I hereby demand a public apology from Ms Jemisin.
Moreover, based on the particular nature of her false claim, Ms Jemisin has clearly violated the Forum rules, which state “The
SFWA discussion forums are for SFWA members only, and all posts made
here are confidential. Material may not be re-posted outside these
forums without the explicit permission of their authors.” Her false statement was clearly based on my announcement which was posted here in the forums by Lawrence Schoen.
I therefore also request that she be given a warning point by a Forum moderator.
2. Posted Today, 07:52 AM
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She did nothing of the kind. I have never described myself anywhere
as misogynist, racist, or anti-Semite and a search of my blog will prove
that. The only time I’ve even bothered to address such stupid
accusations together is here, in the Forum, which is why it is obvious
that she violated SFWA confidentiality. I have zero interest in
debating with you, Mr. Sanford. I enjoy challenges and you’re not half
as intelligent as people I’ve crushed in three exchanges.
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I should certainly hope so. I was warned for violating SFWA
confidentiality once because I was unaware even partial quotes were not
permitted. I expect Ms Jemisin to be similarly disciplined. If not,
well, then we’ll know just how impartial the moderators are. Anyhow,
20x more people will read this on my blog than will read it here.
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Reality isn’t racist, Mr. Sanford. Neither is history. They simply
are. And you can’t escape the fact that Ms Jemisin lied about me and
about the state laws of Texas and Florida. As some of my Australian
readers have already pointed out, Ms Jemisin has no idea what she’s
talking about concerning Australian race relations either.
3. Posted Today, 08:15 AM
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So, if I’d simply written: “That post on her blog is one of the most
racist attacks I’ve seen in a long time.”, that would not require
moderation? Who are you trying to kid?
Meanwhile, the President-elect, Steven Gould, notes: “Lots
of people calling for the expulsion of this guy. With reason.”
Well, my lawyer and I would certainly enjoy seeing them try to expel a paid-up Lifetime member for the thoughtcrime of expressing his opinion. You see, I’ve already got the entire SF Forum on record, so it would be fascinating to see them attempt to defend various statements by certain authors while claiming that mine were worthy of expulsion.