tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304302673132222419.post5870963349431232835..comments2023-11-09T22:51:59.986-05:00Comments on Dreaming About Other Worlds: Biased Opinion - A Good Man Steps Down and a Vile Lump of Crap Runs to Take His PlaceAaron Poundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747596648152141394noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304302673132222419.post-972567714915786922013-03-01T11:22:06.744-05:002013-03-01T11:22:06.744-05:00Laura Resnick: I can't be part of the evil cab...Laura Resnick: I can't be part of the evil cabal, since I'm not a minority, a woman, or an LGBT person, but I am a fan of it.Aaron Poundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11747596648152141394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304302673132222419.post-91205087165284257802013-03-01T06:20:27.061-05:002013-03-01T06:20:27.061-05:00I LOVE being part of an evil cabal! Love it!I LOVE being part of an evil cabal! Love it!Laura Resnicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304302673132222419.post-49929266398449495012013-02-28T04:04:46.460-05:002013-02-28T04:04:46.460-05:00I had never heard of Beale aka Day until he posted...I had never heard of Beale aka Day until he posted his SFWA pres candidacy. Except for Scalzi, the weary target of Beale's long-running obsession and trolling, I've yet to speak to =anyone= who'd ever heard of Beale until then. Which isn't hard to understand, since he currently writes for a small press whose audience is so niche that it doesn't distribute to bookstores and has print runs in the low hundreds, and his scant writing career prior to this house also seems to have been way off the genre's radar.<br /><br />Beale boasts often about the high profile he believes he has, so perhaps he is well known as a blogger in the white supremacist community or something like that. In sf/f, though, he seems to be obscure and unknown. <br /><br />After learning of Beale's SFWA candidacy a few weeks ago, I subsequently learned that, months earlier, he and his friends had attacked me on his blog. I don't think the attack had anything to do with me, per se. It occurred because I'd posted a comment on Scalzi's blog, and Beale saw my comment as an opportunity to harangue the object of his obsession, John Scalzi.<br /><br />Needless to say, since I am a woman, the insults and attacks on Beale's blog were alll based on making negative assumptions about my "low sexual value" and my "breeding" status, these being, of course, the only value that women have in the world of Beale's blog (as you have discovered by subjecting yourself to its contents).Laura Resnickhttp://www.lauraresnick.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304302673132222419.post-46342788443625852712013-02-06T18:13:33.379-05:002013-02-06T18:13:33.379-05:00@Julia Rachel Barrett: He really is a nasty piece ...@Julia Rachel Barrett: He really is a nasty piece of work, isn't he?Aaron Poundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11747596648152141394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304302673132222419.post-48124312170157734542013-02-06T18:13:04.903-05:002013-02-06T18:13:04.903-05:00@Bob Milne: That's the sort of attitude that g...@Bob Milne: That's the sort of attitude that guys like Beale count on. They can usually get themselves a dedicated cadre of supporters and hope for indifference or "principled stands" on the part of the rest of the voters.<br /><br />And the end result could very well be that a guy like Beale takes the reins of power in the SFWA. It is all very well and good to say that the alternative has to be worth voting for, but that kind of attitude makes it more likely that you'll have a misogynistic racist sexist ass heading the organization.Aaron Poundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11747596648152141394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304302673132222419.post-48125386851621773672013-02-06T14:31:41.326-05:002013-02-06T14:31:41.326-05:00Not a member, but wow. Good luck.Not a member, but wow. Good luck.Julia Rachel Barretthttp://juliarachelbarrett.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304302673132222419.post-10781547985846136672013-02-06T08:00:13.243-05:002013-02-06T08:00:13.243-05:00I can honestly say I've never paid much attent...I can honestly say I've never paid much attention to politics within an association like the SFWA, but it sounds like somebody there really needs to step up and put themselves forth as a viable alternative.<br /><br />It's never enough to vote for the 'other guy' simply because he's not Beale. There needs to be somebody strong, visible, and admirable to vote for, irregardless of the competition. I'm not saying Gould isn't that man (I know next-to-nothing about him or his work), but winning by default is never a good base on which to build.Bob/Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07830145891314387373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304302673132222419.post-59904832191051768972013-02-05T16:14:05.712-05:002013-02-05T16:14:05.712-05:00@Tali Spencer: Good! There really is no end to Bea...@Tali Spencer: Good! There really is no end to Beale's hatefulness. I could have made this post ten times as long and still only scratched the surface.Aaron Poundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11747596648152141394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304302673132222419.post-6400898456324767862013-02-05T15:49:26.352-05:002013-02-05T15:49:26.352-05:00Well, I'm a member of SFWA and I'm certain...Well, I'm a member of SFWA and I'm certainly voting. Can't say I've paid much attention to Beale. He's been kind of a teeny weeny buzz to me. :-/ So thanks for the heads up.Tali Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01580510151991448014noreply@blogger.com