A dignified objection raised by Nisi gets trash from 'diversity' SFWA candidate

Another person is wrong on the internet. Lou Antonelli is running for vice-presidency of SFWA, and his platform is "diversity." When Nisi Shawl civilly objected to Antonelli calling his dogs Canine-Americans, Antonelli called her words politically correct bullshit.

ETA: some people objected to say that he didn't really call Nisi's words 'politically correct bullshit." Well, here's what he actually said: "I have no damn idea what your problem is. If I offended some esoteric aspect of political correctness, I don't care. [...] What is the "ethnic identity movement"? If this some way of saying your genes are more important than your citizenship, then it's bullshit."

O-K.

Nisi's entry here: "Platform Response"

Jim Hines wrote about this here: "Six SFWA Candidates and One Facepalm"

Well, Brenta Blevins came in and asked:

Hi, Lou, I'm a new Active SFWA member, and I'm curious what you mean about your one word "diversity" statement. I'm not sure what you mean by that statement, and since it's your stated reason for running, I'd like clarification going into the election. Thanks for the reply.

To which Lou Antonelli responded:

My background is different than most SFWA members. I live in a small town in Texas and go to a Southern Baptist Church. I write s-f and fantasy as a sideline and I'm really just a normal middle class traditional guy.

So yes, diversity = "normal middle class white traditional Christian guy." As opposed to, for example, Nisi, who, for example, co-authored "Writing the Other" and was a guest of honor at Wiscon last year.

Umm. O-Kay.

Well, I have me a shiny new active membership. Guess who gets my vote.

Summary of the situation by the illustrious Kate Beaton.