I’m thinking about submitting articles to the North Kitsap Herald. They give it to me for free, so why not read it and catch up on local events. Maybe share some lighthearted opinion pieces with the locals and test the waters a little. We want informed voters.
I just don’t ever want to be perceived to be as batshit crazy like OSC. This sci-fi author whose works I’d admired and raged at*, pops out of obscurity to homophobe!shit all over gay people in his hometown newspaper.
It was like, “Wow. I’m not quite sure what just happened. I mean, I know he’s supposed to be a Mormon, but I didn’t know they were like that. What other shit is going on in Scifiville?” (Which led to stories of pedophilia and childbrides and all other kinds of shit that blew my little mind and ruined whole book series’ for me. Like dammit, I loved your books! Why you gotta hurt me like that? And fuck you OSC for not being the only bad apple in the bunch.)
So I’m going to try to tread light with this article thing. And you all know I’m pretty much anti-genocide, anti-hate, and all that.
I mean, I might write about terrible things, but that’s all fiction. It’s my outlet for getting all the what-if scenarios out of my head.
I don’t torment my characters because I hate them, or because they’re external representations of my own internalized hatreds.
Bad things happen to the characters to further the story. That’s it.
Rape painted out in every agonizing detail scintillates the preferences of a certain-type of person, or a person in a certain-type of mood. – I am never that person.
Sure, I enjoy a good roleplay story. Where both characters know whats going on and they each have the option to say “No” at any time. No hurt feelings, no shaming; just “Okay, let’s do something else.”
Reading a book that contains a lot of violent rape scenes grosses me out. Those are the sections that I either skim through or throw the book away. Same with dudes that are too into those kinds of stories for the wrong reasons.
“I’m just not into your rapist fantasy, bro. Your words may weep with eloquence, but your obsession with raping underage girls is disgusting. You might consider seeing a therapist to prevent escalations.”
I believe that every story has the right to be written, and every writer has the right to write their story.
I also believe the reader doesn’t have to read that shit if they don’t want to.
Anways, yeah. I’m all about free speech, freedom of the press (to a degree), and the human rights every society owes its citizens.
Though I’ll probably be babbling about aquaponics, sustainability, and the alleviations of future collapse if the economy tanks.
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*Don’t tell me you didn’t get mad when the poor Songmaster kid couldn’t get erections after that one time his Conditioning zapped him. That was some sad shit. Plus his voice got ruined, and then what did he have?
Everything he loved and wanted, taken away from him. All he had left was to be the cold-hearted but fair(?) ruler of an intergalactic Empire.
He sacrificed personal happiness for the well-being of EVERYONE.
And our politicians can’t even refrain from posting dick pics to social media.
Tragedy.
