Re: On Elizabeth Moon, perceived anti-Muslim bigotry, and being uninvited as Guest of Honor at WisCon

Wow.  Moon is a favorite of mine, and this is really a shock.
 
Her original post was well stated and written.  I don’t see that she went wrong
in her tone, even if I disagree with her conclusion.
 
This was just wrong all the way around.  There was nothing remotely racist in
her post to warrant the label racist screed.
 
 
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Johne Cook
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 11:44 AM
To: DADL (off topic)
Subject: [DADL-OT] On Elizabeth Moon, perceived anti-Muslim bigotry, and being
uninvited as Guest of Honor at WisCon
 
WisCon prides itself as the leading Feminist Science Fiction convention (and
just happens to take place in Madison, WI, just up the road from where I live).
On 9/11/2010, sci-fi author Elizabeth Moon made a post that she thought was
even-minded and rational (and which touched on the proposed mosque to be built
near Ground Zero), but which quickly took a hard turn and attracted a lot of
heat. After a day or so of trying to defend herself, Moon took down the long and
heated comments thread. A month or more later, as a result of the combination of
her original post and her subsequent comments, WisCon uninvited Moon, setting
off a firestorm of discussion.

This is her original post: http://e-moon60.livejournal.com/335480.html

These are some followups:
WisCon <http://sf3.org/2010/10/elizabeth-moon/>  Disinvites Gues-of-Honor
Elizabeth Moon. Reactions from Eleanor Arnason
<http://eleanorarnason.blogspot.com/2010/10/elizabeth-moon.html> , Mike Glyer
<http://file770.com/?p=4591> , Cheryl Morgan
<http://www.cheryl-morgan.com/?p=9663> , Lawrence Person
<http://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=2744> , Cat
<http://yuki-onna.livejournal.com/613791.html>  Valente, 

Nancy Kress was late to the debate, but some of the best comments after-the-fact
have appeared here (I'd read Moon's post and go straight here, in fact):
http://nancykress.blogspot.com/2010/10/late-to-debate.html

Will Shetterly:
http://shetterly.blogspot.com/2010/10/6-reasons-wiscon-should-not-have.html

Johne Cook
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