An Open Letter to Mr Hines

Mr Jim Hines takes exception to the grave insult done to all fans of LEGEND OF KORRA by asserting, first, that I am the only one dismayed and dissatisfied by the bad writing, cheap ending, lame out-of-nowhere romance between two female characters (neither of who previously was homosexual) being shoehorned into the last scene in the closing episode of LEGEND OF KORRA for reasons of Political Correctness; and second, that the reason for my dismay was not my artistic judgment, love of the show, and a normal human sense of decency, but the pure evil of my character. Evidently Mr Hines, like The Shadow can knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men.

Alas, I am not the bigot here. The bigot is the one who denounces everyone whose opinion differs from his own as bigots.

Here are his remarks. I do him the courtesy he does not do me, by linking to his column. He did not wish me to learn of his backbiting. That is understandable. I would also be ashamed of my cowardice, were so cowardly as to slander and denigrate a man behind his back, and call him by name, but not let him speak a word to defend himself.

http://www.jimchines.com/2014/12/john-wright-legend-of-korra/

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Dear Mr Hines: If a writing team betrays me for my loyalty by halting the story to preach a sermon on a religion that is alien to my religion and hostile to it, those writers get no grief for being treacherous, sly, or underhanded; but I get grief for daring to have a religion that differs from theirs, and for following as my conscience dictates, even though I am not being treacherous, sly, or hidden here.

I am the not ashamed of my beliefs, ergo I do not need to sneak in little sly advertisement for them into a children’s show, into the literal last two minutes, without warning, and so ambiguously that it requires a later public statement to take a stand.

Nor am I, Mr. Hines, the bigot here. You are. You are so craven in your bigotry, that you do not even do me the courtesy of addressing me directly, nor linking to the column with which you took exception, nor discussing the merits of the case.

(Also: learn to read English, please, sir. I did not call for the extermination of people, but of ideas.)

Originally published at John C. Wright's Journal. Please leave any comments there.