The smell of straw

[pantryslut]

I am v. intrigued to learn that there is supposedly a large contingent of those pesky social-justice perpetually butthurt Orc Horde fans calling for Rene Walling to be banned from all conventions for all time. I would like to see evidence that a) such demands are being made on more than a "one or two folks" level; b) that there is significant push to take such demands seriously; and c) a concise and clear explanation of how this imperils (as opposed to inconveniences) our beloved (cough!) cons as institutions.

Otherwise I'm getting my baling fork.

Comments

[delux_vivens]

i need to see receipts as well.

[wild_irises]

I haven't seen that particular call, but I sure have seen folks who believe he shouldn't have been at Worldcon (I don't care), shouldn't have been volunteering at Worldcon (I don't care much) and shouldn't have been serving drinks at a Worldcon party (I agree completely). And Jo is getting a fair amount of flak for having thanked him in her Hugo speech. And I've seen all this when I'm traveling and reading very sporadically.

[pantryslut]

I figured a lot of this was Worldcon-related chatter. Still smells like straw to me.

[wild_irises]

Oh, no argument.