On Card and Homosexuality

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brendand's comments On a footnote to an essay that Homosexuality is Sinful (and Homosexuals Hypocritical), by Orson Scott Card should be widely read.

The concept that liberals are narrow-minded knee-jerk reactionists who can't tolerate other opinions is getting all too much play these days.

Brendan, I suggest you send your comments directly to Mr. Card. There's a form on Hatrack River

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[brendand.livejournal.com]

I got the link from discussion on the PenguiCon list, and later on, it was mentioned that he's apparently grown less tolerant of homosexuals. While unfortunate, I believe it's his loss.

[yuggoth.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I haven't read the essay, but I wonder if his problem is really with the liberal narrow-minded knee-jerk reactionists, and not so much with 'homosexuality' as a concept. I'm getting tired of hearing about the reactionist liberals myself, and unfortunately the entire party now tends to be associated with Michael Moore-ish activities. There is a trend now in the liberal agenda toward exactly the kind of anti-diversity in thought that Card complains about in his essay. Like any other trend, that does not mean that every liberal does not desire diversity of opinion, rather the party as a whole is showing signs of inflexibility. What's more, poor behavior (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0504051_ann_coulter_1.html) reflects badly on the entire party, and unfortunately it is rampant.
I consider myself a moderate liberal, but the liberal party is really starting to piss me off.