Troubled by the election statement of SFWA Vice Presidential candidate Lou Antonelli, I have responded to his post on this topic. My comment is awaiting approval. Meanwhile, I'll paste it in below
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About "canine-american"ext_1320942July 27 2012, 20:46:43 UTC
Well, I think everyone, including Lou, thinks his responses weren't very elegant or even nice. I guess I'm just shocked at this whole argument going on. Is this how conversations normally are at SFWA? I left a pretty lengthy (two, actually) response on Lou's blog (at the link Nisi left, above), so I won't repeat it here, but I am very confused by this whole argument even getting traction. I get people being hurt and defensive, and counter-attacking and all that - what worries me is that those feelings are allowed to run the conversation. It makes me feel like the SFWA wouldn't be a very emotionally safe place for me to be. I'd be afraid of saying the wrong thing and being wrung out to dry. We all have terrible wounds, and people step on mine all the time, but I don't decapitate them for it and it would upset me to be in a place where I wouldn't be treated with the same patience I give other people when I inevitably blunder into hurting someone's feelings. So I guess I'm asking - is this the normal SFWA atmosphere? Thanks for listening, and I do hope to join, one day. I just want to know what battle arena I'm getting into.
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