Sauce for the Gander

I am taken to task for daring to say Heinlein would not win the Hugo these days.

http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2014/05/appropriating-heinlein/

I regard the observation as unexceptional; a sufficient number of Leftists denounce Heinlein as a fascist and sexist, and who (by their own admission) do not vote on the merits of the author’s work but on his ideological purity, to defeat a nomination.

Admittedly I am speculating about the Leftist numbers in our community, but not about their ideology. I assume anyone familiar with the field is familiar with the ideological denunciations against Bob Heinlein.

Mr Davidson argues that Mr Heinlein was a gadfly, more interested in starting a debate than in promoting any particular ideology. This is a sentiment not only I agree with, but he himself quotes me saying so. I am glad he and I agree on this point.

He also says that Mr Heinlein would tell us to cease the political wrangling and get on with the business of living. Since this was precisely my point, I am again quite happy to find myself in agreement with Mr Davidson.

Nonetheless, there seems to be a point of apparent disagreement.

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