.@juliepagano i've wavered in the "problematic people can make good art" camp for a couple years now, i think it's time to just let it go.
@XaiaX People love it because it hits all the geek revenge fantasy high points. Like Ayn Rand with a bit of subtlety and shorter speeches.
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@chaosprime@XaiaX exactly. i never thought it was a great book to begin with.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@XaiaX Subtlety meaning that the political points are behind deep metaphors like the Evil Enemy Destroying Humanity being called "buggers". -
@chaosprime what? Is that a real thing? That sounds like something someone would make up. Wow. -
@XaiaX Insofar as it's a thing Card really made up, yeah. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formics -
@chaosprime wow. That's. wow. -
@XaiaX Yeah. Mostly, Ender's Game is about how when Christians murder gay people, they're still good people and the gays made them do it. -
@chaosprime I feel even better about flipping off the screen the entire time that trailer was playing, now. Hooray pointless protests! -
@XaiaX Given the eventual heat death of the universe, it's not like there's any other kind. Good job with the embracing it!
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