More Libel

Sad Puppies puts out a recommended Hugo voting slate under the false flag of seeking greater recognition for deserving yet underrepresented authors…

– From one Steve Davidson, Amazing Stories.

False flag, forsooth? A man I do not know and to whom I have never spoken again calls me a liar. What is wrong with you people that you feel it right and polite to do such things?

In the balance of the article, he offers no proof, no chain of reasoning, no quote, no link, no basis for suspicion, not even a pregnant silence followed by a wink to indicate on what grounds he makes this statement, nor why anyone should believe it.

It is fortunate for all concerned that (1) we no longer live in a time and culture where dueling is permitted (2) the meek and gentle Christ, of whom I am rightly terrified, commands me to love this slithy foe as he gyres and gimbels about the truth, and to forgive, and to turn the other cheek.

For Christ’s sake, considering how sacred is this day, I will stand mute as a sheep to sheering.

But, since it is also unseemly to let lies stand undisputed and uncontradicted, I will link to S. Green of Nocturnal Lives, who has more adroitly defended my honor than could I speak for me, and for all of us. I doff my hat.

http://nocturnal-lives.com/?p=1478

 

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