#Arkhaven INFOGALACTIC #Castalia House
Now #GamerGate is spreading into fitness and media. It’s a pity David Pakman didn’t stick to the topic at hand, as I made a prediction about #GamerGate that is already beginning to come true. The anti-SJW offensive is spreading out from games into books and other industries.
The SJWs took the cultural high ground. But due to their being centralized, they have a very limited ability to respond to the 4GW tactics being utilized by the various #XGates.
Oh, dear. They just don’t know us at all.
The long-term question about which way the Hugos will be going a few years down the road I think is easy to predict: Worldcon con-goers are patient. As I said over on File770.com, Worldcon fandom is already comfortable with building a new house every year, so Mr. Beale twirling his moustache and threatening to burn down the house is a small gain for megalomania but nothing that fandom cannot outlast, because we have the patience and endurance, and I doubt that a bunch of flighty MRAs (for example) have much at all, nor do the various Puppies have anything like the unity of purpose that is often asserted.
Perhaps someone needs to point these poor deluded creatures to The Debate That Shall Not Be Named. Or even the relatively innocuous Dissecting the Skeptics. It’s rather sweet, really, that they think that we’re simply going to go away after the exceedingly disrespectful way they have treated us.
Vox Maximus observes that people are much more interested in talking ABOUT me than TO me:
I recently listened to the Nerdvana Podcast on the 2015 Hugo Awards (a two-part series with Part 2 being located here).
Minute after minute, I listened to these individuals converse about Vox
Day. They mused about his motives. They psycho-analyzed him. They
called his family members “stooges”. And they just talked, and talked,
and talked about Vox in quite a bit of detail (they also
cried–seriously–when they thought about what Vox was “doing” to the Hugo
Awards).But do you know the one thing that they did not do? TALK TO VOX DAY HIMSELF.
That’s right, these individuals used up precious time speculating about
everything from Vox Day’s goals to his potential financial fixing of
the Hugo Awards themselves. And yet, they did not talk to him.
They did not send him an e-mail with questions. They did not try to
contact him on his blog. In fact, they did not even quote anything from
his blog or his writings (or a bad paraphrase or two was included).
I don’t think that this is so much a special kind of lying as it is a special kind of cowardice. The reason so few people are willing to take me on directly can be seen in my interview with David Pakman. Sure, I didn’t cover myself with glory there, but the fact is that even with all the advantages on his side, even when taking me completely by surprise by misleading me about the topics the interview would address and demanding that I explain why I had written words that I never wrote and defend a case I never made – see if you can find where I said anything about “signs” or declared that the Denver shootings were definitely a false flag operation in The Lone Gunmen – I still managed to get him on record confessing himself to be in the habit of having sex without obtaining consent first.
Can you blame them for not wanting to take such risks?
Sure, they claim that I am stupid, that I am an idiot, that I am crazy, that I am a badthinker, that my views are beyond the pale and unacceptable to all goodthinking people. But if they are correct, why are they so afraid of me? Why are they so afraid to simply meet me on equal terms and prove that my ideas are indefensible and wrong?
Because they can’t. And more importantly, they know they can’t.
This sort of thing doesn’t upset me. I just sent an email to David Pakman offering to do a second interview with him, one that would actually address #GamerGate, the game industry, and the Hugo Awards. I’m entirely willing to talk to the people on the Nerdvana Podcast too. If you’d like to see me do either, go ahead and contact Pakman or Nerdvana and let them know.
But (and I cannot stress this strongly enough), I don’t care. I don’t have a media career. I’m not concerned about looking like a politician on camera. I’m not concerned about talking points or winning people over, and I neither need nor want any more platforms than the one I’ve got.
And if people want to attack me for being a criminal badthinker, well, that’s something for which they will have to answer one day. Not to me, but to themselves. For all my terrible thoughts and deeds and words, the one thing I have never been guilty of is telling anyone “you are not permitted to think that and you are a bad person if you do.”
The world is what it is. You can be as upset about calling homosexuality a “birth defect” as you like, but being upset is not going to save the life of a single homosexual fetus if – note the word IF – it turns out that there is a detectable genetic component that reliably predicts homosexuality in the unborn child. The “born that way” concept doesn’t go very far in a society that permits the murder of the unborn.
If you could boil my perspective down to its essence, it would be this: “The world is what it is and there is no point in pretending otherwise.” I may be wrong about some things. I may be wrong about many things. But I do not pretend.
UPDATE: David Pakman emailed me back and expressed his opinion that there was no ambush and no hit piece. He also declined to have me back on next week to discuss GamerGate, the game industry, or the Hugo Awards.
Not the greatest performance by me. I was taken more than a little by surprise, as I thought we were going to be discussing GamerGate and the Hugo Awards, not op/ed columns I wrote 10 or 12 years ago and didn’t even recall immediately.
But that’s how they play the game. I’m not the least bit upset or annoyed about it. I could have shut it down once it became clear that David Pakman had set up a bait-and-switch, but I was interested to see just how far he would take us off subject. I find it amusing that the headlines are focused on my supposedly “controversial statements” when saying that some races are smarter than others is no more debatable than saying that some races are taller than others.
And I am not stating unequivocally that homosexuality is a birth defect for the obvious reason that we don’t know with any degree of certainty that it is an immutable condition determined at birth. But if it is, then what else would you realistically call a condition that significantly reduces the odds that a creature will be able to propagate its genes?
Anyhow, the interview turned out to be an obvious hit piece, as Roosh demonstrates with this screencap of the original video title.
And just to be clear, I was told this would be an interview about #GamerGate and the gaming industry.
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 4:30 PM
From: VD
Subject: show appearance
Message Body:
You tweeted at me and asked me if I would appear on the show. That’s fine, you can contact me via this email.
Regards,
Vox
Terrific, would love to set something up. We do our interviews via skype
video. If that works in principle it would be great to set something up
for sooner than later. Would you be available this Friday at 11am
eastern time? I’d love to discuss your views on gamergate and just more
broadly how you general views inform your views on gamergate and the
gaming industry. It will be a casual discussion, likely 25 or so
minutes, just between you and I.
best,
David Pakman
Host / The David Pakman Show / www.davidpakman.com
And then there is this:
David Pakman
@dpakman
6h6 hours ago
Vox Day: Have you always obtained absolute formal written consent every time you’ve had sex?
David Pakman: No.
I think this must represent a new low where the coverage of books is involved. Lana Jordan busts Jane Carnall of the Guardian, who openly admits that she hasn’t read the very books that she “reviewed” and gave one-star ratings on Amazon.
Tom Knighton goes into more detail on this: “When we talk about why we despise CHORFs so much, it’s because of
crap like this. Carnall isn’t trying to just keep Sad Puppies nominees
from getting awards — which has its own brand of pathetic — instead,
she’s actively working to destroy people’s livelihoods. Keeping a Hugo
out of their hands isn’t enough for her. No, she wants to destroy their
careers. Why? *GASP* Because they disagree with her!!! We now see the face of evil, and believe it or not, it’s not Vox Day. Shocking, I know.”
This is what we are dealing with. No compromise, no retreat, no apologies, no mercy. They started this cultural war. We will finish it.
Try to read this statement about RavenCon with a straight face. I dare you:
A statement from Frank Wu and Brianna Wu about RavenCon
This weekend, we are both invited to be guests of honor at
RavenCon. Every time we’re asked to be GoHs at a convention, we consider
it a huge responsibility. We take our work as guests seriously – both
in representing the convention, and participating in programming in a
way that is entertaining to attendees. Our long track record of
professionalism speaks for itself.The toll that the hate
group Gamergate has taken on our family has been well documented in
press, interviews and documentaries. Brianna has received 83 death
threats in the last 8 months, and Gamergate regularly disrupts her
speaking invitations at colleges. We’ve tried to stand firm to our
beliefs and march forward.Sadly, the same reactionary anger has
spread into the science fiction community with the hijacking of year’s
Hugo awards, deliberately sabotaging them for bitter, regressive
political purposes. Many of the forums that orchestrate harassment
against Brianna and other women in the game industry have avowed
supporters of the Hugo hijacking, many of whom participated in the
voting and strongly support Vox Day.What makes RavenCon
particularly uncomfortable for us is that a number of those attending
directly orchestrated or benefited from the hijacking. We’ve heard
numbers as high as six.Frank Wu has won four Hugo awards. They
are near and dear to our family. And we agree with John Scalzi, Connie
Willis, George R. R. Martin and others about the travesty this has been.
The hijackers have contempt for the awards while also desperately
wanting the legitimacy they feel it would grant them.To put it
bluntly, attending this con makes us tremendously uncomfortable. But we
agreed to attend, long before Gamergate, and we will follow through with
that professional commitment.Neither of us wish to discuss the
Hugo hijacking with any person responsible for this atrocious action.
Both of us would consider it a professional courtesy if you didn’t
attend Brianna’s Gamergate panel tomorrow.Let’s all enjoy what
brings us together, rather than focus on what brings us apart. There’s
plenty that science fiction fans can agree on. We hope we can all enjoy
RavenCon.Frank and Brianna Wu
I know when I hear about John Flynt, the first thing I think about is his “long track record of
professionalism”. Not about his pretending to be a woman, his pretending to flee his house, his being caught autoharassing, his failure as a game developer, or his ludicrous, but modestly successful attempts to promote himself as a victim of misogyny. As for the 83 claimed death threats, I would assume Mr. Flynt himself likely accounted for at least 80 of them. But it would be interesting to hear someone count how many lies Mr. Flynt tells in his #GamerGate panel; I’d put the over/under north of 30.
And I’m guessing every single one of these six logical fallacies so often relied upon by SJWs will be on display.
Anyone who has been paying attention has been aware of this for a while, but now it’s being openly admitted by the SJWs:
A students’ union has been accused of racism and sexism after banning white people and men from an event to promote equality. Those studying at Goldsmiths, University of London, were invited to the students’ union meeting to discuss ‘diversifying the curriculum’.
But they were shocked when an organiser told white people and men ‘not to come’ as it was only open to BME [black and minority ethnic] women.
Bahar Mustafa, Welfare and Diversity Officer, at Goldsmiths University in London sparked anger when she banned men and white people from a ‘diversity’ meeting. Students have reacted with anger after men and white people were banned from a ‘diversity’ meeting at Goldsmiths University in London.
In the same way that feminist “EQUALITY” doesn’t actually mean equal treatment for everyone, the SJW “DIVERSITY” doesn’t actually mean that the advocate seeks diverse perspectives or participation.
What EQUALITY really means is female supremacy. What DIVERSITY really means is non-white, non-Christian, non-male supremacy.
It is very important to never take words at face value when they are coming out of the mouth of an SJW. Always take the time to determine what they actually mean. Why? Because SJWs always lie.
In re SJWs. This chubbo just can’t stop digging deeper:
Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
Anyone else notice that the thing the Sad Puppies take exception with David Gerrold for saying is “nobody wants to hang out with assholes”?Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
They read into that the threat of a blacklist, which is a stretch, but it’s more than that.Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
As much as the SPs/RPs keep singing the refrain of “WE DON’T CARE”, it hurts them that people don’t have to like them.Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
It hurts them that people don’t have to like the books they write, or the books they like.Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
It hurts them so much that they have to invent an entire alternate reality where no one REALLY dislikes them except a small clique.Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
“The problem isn’t that I’m an asshole no one wants to associate with outside my own small clique!” they say. “People are just scared.”Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
“I’m actually super popular and everyone loves me. They’re just too afraid to say so.”Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
No one as immune to the “feelbads” as the puppies claim to be could be threatened by the statement “no one wants to hang out with assholes.”Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
You know what it means when they clamor for David Gerrold to be sanctioned for stating the simple truth that people don’t like assholes?Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
It means they’re asking for censorship. Of course, they’ve been demanding censorship all along. They just dress it up as different things.Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
The only difference between “I don’t think stories I don’t like should be praised or nominated” and what the puppies are doing is HONESTY.Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
It’s the same dodge GG uses with its shielding battlecry of “ETHICS!”Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
Saying, “I don’t think people should be allowed to praise this story/game” = obvious game over. So they say “Anyone doing so must be LYING.”Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
And then, oh, then… then they’re not arguing for censorship, but arguing against deception! Who could oppose that?Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
David Gerrold said, very simply and very clearly, that people don’t like to hang out with assholes. Is that not manifestly true?Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
Not one Sad Puppy will address this because it doesn’t fit their narrative. Facts? Who needs them! They FEEL attacked by it. That’s enough.Alexandra Erin @alexandraerin
Heck, Gerrold even explicitly said he’s not talking about a blacklist. But liar-in-chief Vox Day said Gerrold “literally” called for one.
Vox Day @voxday
.@alexandraerin Exactly when and where did I say “Gerrold ‘literally’ called for” a blacklist? What is the exact quote you are quoting?
In the meantime, while he/she/it is busy searching for that nonexistent lie, let’s not forget the following statement by Mr. Gerrold. Presumably he is only telling Brad this in order to ensure no one has to hang out with bodily orifices.
“I will make sure you NEVER win a Hugo!” – David Gerrold to Brad Torgersen on Facebook.
The “no blacklist” argument is about as convincing as David Gerrold coming out on stage at WorldCon in a leopard print g-string, dancing to Erasure under a disco ball with a dog leash around his neck held by a bald man wearing nothing but a mustache and leather chaps, then holding up his hands and insisting, “no homo”.
Let’s face it, if the Nielsen Haydens were caught red-handed making a list of writers who would never be permitted to publish at Tor.com, the SJWs would claim it wasn’t a blacklist so long as the names were written in blue ink.
Case in point: Mary Robinette Kowal:
Mary Robinette Kowal says:
April 13, 2015 at 6:25 pmSpeaking as someone who has been the repeated target of Vox Day, this strategy does not work. Until April 11, 2015, I have NEVER mentioned him on my blog. EVER. I have him blocked on all social media.
“He doesn’t attack anyone that hasn’t opened the ball up.”
HA! His first mention of me is mid-2013.He has threatened to post where I live. And yes, he could, because he has the SFWA directory.
This idea that you can ignore him and he’ll go away is demonstrably not how it works.
What a poisonously stupid little bitch. Keep in mind this is Johnny Con’s former VP in SFWA. She is a shameless liar. I absolutely did NOT threaten to post where she lived. She publicly called me out on TWITTER about my claim that accused child molester Ed Kramer was a member of SFWA and was listed as such in the SFWA directory on June 23, 2014. The problem, of course, was that in order to provide evidence of my 100-percent correct claim by posting the relevant page from the 2010 SFWA directory, I would have to expose the names and addresses of everyone on that page, including the lying bitch herself. As it happens, Kowal, Mary Robinette (A) is directly above Kramer, Edward E. (A) on page 26 of the SFWA Directory.
This is the “proof” she cites that I “threatened to post” where she lived. Notice that they started claiming that Kramer was not a member after scrubbing his name from the online membership directory that morning. What a pity that I’d already grabbed a screenshot, knowing how these liars always lie.
Now, note that the convicted child molester Ed Kramer is not a current Active member of SFWA because he has not paid his dues… from prison. He is still eligible and can restore his Active status in the organization any time he simply pays his dues. He was absolutely a member of SFWA in 2010, as the SFWA directory showed, and he was STILL listed as a member of SFWA in their online directory as of June 24, 2014, although SFWA removed the listing only hours after I posted the screencap on my blog.
Note that SFWA member Ed Kramer “was arrested on August 25, 2000 following an anonymous tip, and
charged with molesting three teenage boys. The ensuing investigation
revealed that Kramer had previously been accused of molestation in 1997
before the alleged victim recanted. Kramer’s first attempt to serve his pre-trial detention in house arrest
lasted only a week due to a reported visit by a teenage boy. After
Kramer suffered a spinal injury in jail, Judge Debra Turner allowed him
to go back to house arrest in January 2001.This lasted until 2008.”
In any event, Mary Robinette Kowal is not only a liar, but a shameless deceiver as well. Not only did she lie about me threatening to post her address, but she lied about me not leaving her alone AFTER SHE CALLED ME OUT ON TWITTER. Sure, it’s true that she hadn’t mentioned me on her blog… because she was attacking me on Twitter.
The lesson, as always, is that SJWs always lie.
I don’t lie on the Internet, Mary. I told you it will never end. And it hasn’t, has it?
We’ll give you paper. We are but the humble servants of the marketplace.
Victoria: A Novel of 4th Generation War is now available in trade paperback. 592 pages.
Awake in the Night Land is available in hardcover. 342 pages.
The next books to appear in print format will all be in hardcover, and in the following order:
The History of Strategy by Martin van Creveld.
Equality: The Impossible Quest by Martin van Creveld
There Will Be War Volumes I and II by Jerry Pournelle. This will be a single omnibus edition.
