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The Laws of Social Justice #1
SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police
Social Justice Warriors have plagued mankind for more than 150 years, but only in the last 30 years has their ideology become dominant in the West. Having invaded one institution of the cultural high ground after another, from corporations and churches to video games and government, there is nowhere that remains entirely free of their intolerant thought and speech policing.
Because the SJW agenda of diversity, tolerance, inclusiveness, and equality flies in the face of both science and observable reality, SJWs relentlessly work to prevent normal people from thinking or speaking in any manner that will violate their ever-mutating Narrative. They police science, philosophy, technology, and even history in order to maintain the pretense that their agenda remains inevitable in a modern world that contradicts it on a daily basis.
The book is named after the First Law of SJWs always lie. SJWS ALWAYS LIE is a useful guide to understanding, anticipating, and surviving SJW attacks from the perspective of a man who has not only survived, but thrived, after experiencing multiple attempts by Social Justice Warriors to disqualify, discredit, and disemploy him in the same manner they have successfully attacked Nobel Laureates, technology CEOs, broadcasters, sports commentators, school principals, and policemen. It analyzes well-known SJW attacks as well as the two most successful examples of resistance to the SJW Narrative, #GamerGate and Sad Puppies.
Written by Vox Day, Supreme Dark Lord of the Evil Legion of Evil and three-time Hugo nominee who is described as the most hated man in science fiction by Black Gate and The Wall Street Journal, SJWS ALWAYS LIE is a powerful weapon in the cultural war against the thought police.
Because the SJW agenda of diversity, tolerance, inclusiveness, and equality flies in the face of both science and observable reality, SJWs relentlessly work to prevent normal people from thinking or speaking in any manner that will violate their ever-mutating Narrative. They police science, philosophy, technology, and even history in order to maintain the pretense that their agenda remains inevitable in a modern world that contradicts it on a daily basis.
The book is named after the First Law of SJWs always lie. SJWS ALWAYS LIE is a useful guide to understanding, anticipating, and surviving SJW attacks from the perspective of a man who has not only survived, but thrived, after experiencing multiple attempts by Social Justice Warriors to disqualify, discredit, and disemploy him in the same manner they have successfully attacked Nobel Laureates, technology CEOs, broadcasters, sports commentators, school principals, and policemen. It analyzes well-known SJW attacks as well as the two most successful examples of resistance to the SJW Narrative, #GamerGate and Sad Puppies.
Written by Vox Day, Supreme Dark Lord of the Evil Legion of Evil and three-time Hugo nominee who is described as the most hated man in science fiction by Black Gate and The Wall Street Journal, SJWS ALWAYS LIE is a powerful weapon in the cultural war against the thought police.
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Vox Day
63 books447 followers Theodore Beale does much of his writing under the pseudonym Vox Day. Three-time Hugo Award nominee Vox Day writes epic fantasy as well as non-fiction about religion, philosophy, and economics. His literary focus is military realism, historical verisimilitude, and plausible characters who represent the full spectrum of human behavior. He is a professional game designer who speaks four languages and a three-time Billboard top 40 recording artist.
He maintains a pair of popular blogs, Vox Popoli and Alpha Game, which between them average over 20 million annual pageviews. He is a Native American and his books have been translated into ten languages.
He is the Lead Editor of Castalia House, and is also, with Tom Kratman, the co-creator of the military science fiction anthology series, RIDING THE RED HORSE.
He maintains a pair of popular blogs, Vox Popoli and Alpha Game, which between them average over 20 million annual pageviews. He is a Native American and his books have been translated into ten languages.
He is the Lead Editor of Castalia House, and is also, with Tom Kratman, the co-creator of the military science fiction anthology series, RIDING THE RED HORSE.
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October 5, 2016
ETA: Any Rabid Puppies making fools of themselves in the comments are free to continue to do so. Y'all like lemmings, except lemmings don't actually splatter themselves in the rush.
**
Ah, Vox Day. This gif reflects how I feel whenever I hear/read him argue about something, which I've been doing since reading A Throne of Bones (a fantasy novel by Vox Day so bad it may cause indelible fits of laughter).
Unlike with A Throne of Bones, I didn't actually read SJWs Always Lie.
I didn't have to. It's all in the title.
1. Vox Day's horde - and I swear to god, they're a "horde" he calls "the Dread Ilk" - have given the book 5 star ratings across the board on Amazon. They actually gather online to discuss "tactics", as they're now doing for the 2016 Hugo Awards. I am not making this up. Day, see, failed at destroying the Hugo Awards in 2015, and is now happily sneering at liberal speculative fiction writers, using fandom's post-Hugo celebratory time to (I swear) try and plan a sneak attack for 2016.
His own words: "Sneak attack." No fucking irony.
2. Vox Day's inability to grasp irony makes its way to the book title. Because Vox Day is, I've decided in the time since reading A Throne of Bones (somehow not explicitly subtitled Jesus is the Light of the World and Also Women Are Timid, Frail, Innocent Creatures Which Ought to Be Ruled By Men) an actual idiot. This needs a history lesson:
The acronym SJW (for "Social Justice Warrior") came into being as an ironic term used to describe a very specific breed of activist that wanted to instigate progress, but instead damaged their own cause by being too outraged to be coherent. Think, say, someone who would rage caps about misogyny into Tumblr because someone made sort of semi-controversial remark about women's appearance and makeup, and maybe unintentionally so.
But Vox Day doesn't understand that. The irony of the term is so lost on him he feels the need to put forward his own definition of SJW: "People who want to control what you say and how you think." He insists there's a "thought police" out there who'll arrest you for any "wrongthink".
We could, however, extrapolate further definitions of SJWs from his blog:
Do you believe that non-whites are actual human beings?
Do you disagree with traditional gender roles, believing that women should have equal work opportunities instead of being defaulted as stay-at-home mums?
Do you think homosexuality is natural, and not a birth "defect"?
Do you think Muslims aren't the scourge of the earth?
If you said yes, to any of these, you are, according to Vox, a SJW.
(Also, non-Christians are irrational idiots and war refugees are really just a jihadist invasion.)
Understand, Vox Day is the guy who once offered a woman money to rape her. Only three days ago, in fact, he wrote this:
(He chooses to ignore one comment, no doubt by one of those filthy SJWs: "Yeah? What if you're at school and she's a teacher? What if she's a doctor? What if she's a person of authority talking about something you know jack shit about? Should I disobey the next female judge who gives me an order? Should I tell her that Vox Day tells me not to listen unless we're at work, I'm joining the priesthood, or we're in the Army?")
He fails to understand that using using ironic terms sincerely makes him look stupid. Although, let's be honest, Vox Day, you're pretty good at that:
3. This misunderstanding of irony somehow seeps into the subtitle.
Here's another history lesson.
Vox Day created Rabid Puppies. Rabid Puppies, mostly composed of the aforementioned "Dread Ilk", aimed to "reclaim" the Hugos from those filthy SJWs (before switching to wanting to "nuke" the Hugos for having a popular taste different to his). The story is that Day believes that certain "cliques" manipulate the Hugo Award, choosing to give books to certain liberal writers based on politics, not the quality of the work.
So Day (a self-proclaimed "superintelligence" [sic] who apparently couldn't come-up with an idea of his own) decides to copy a pal of his and create a voting block. He then instructs his "minions" to vote for the exact works he's nominated.
No thinking. Just obeying. And the exact works.
The irony of then subtitling his book "Taking Down the Thought Police" should be apparent.
Well, maybe not to Day.
It takes a real toilet-clogger to earn 1-star based on title alone, but Vox did it.
Congratulations, Einstein!
**
Ah, Vox Day. This gif reflects how I feel whenever I hear/read him argue about something, which I've been doing since reading A Throne of Bones (a fantasy novel by Vox Day so bad it may cause indelible fits of laughter).
Unlike with A Throne of Bones, I didn't actually read SJWs Always Lie.
I didn't have to. It's all in the title.
1. Vox Day's horde - and I swear to god, they're a "horde" he calls "the Dread Ilk" - have given the book 5 star ratings across the board on Amazon. They actually gather online to discuss "tactics", as they're now doing for the 2016 Hugo Awards. I am not making this up. Day, see, failed at destroying the Hugo Awards in 2015, and is now happily sneering at liberal speculative fiction writers, using fandom's post-Hugo celebratory time to (I swear) try and plan a sneak attack for 2016.
His own words: "Sneak attack." No fucking irony.
2. Vox Day's inability to grasp irony makes its way to the book title. Because Vox Day is, I've decided in the time since reading A Throne of Bones (somehow not explicitly subtitled Jesus is the Light of the World and Also Women Are Timid, Frail, Innocent Creatures Which Ought to Be Ruled By Men) an actual idiot. This needs a history lesson:
The acronym SJW (for "Social Justice Warrior") came into being as an ironic term used to describe a very specific breed of activist that wanted to instigate progress, but instead damaged their own cause by being too outraged to be coherent. Think, say, someone who would rage caps about misogyny into Tumblr because someone made sort of semi-controversial remark about women's appearance and makeup, and maybe unintentionally so.
But Vox Day doesn't understand that. The irony of the term is so lost on him he feels the need to put forward his own definition of SJW: "People who want to control what you say and how you think." He insists there's a "thought police" out there who'll arrest you for any "wrongthink".
We could, however, extrapolate further definitions of SJWs from his blog:
Do you believe that non-whites are actual human beings?
Do you disagree with traditional gender roles, believing that women should have equal work opportunities instead of being defaulted as stay-at-home mums?
Do you think homosexuality is natural, and not a birth "defect"?
Do you think Muslims aren't the scourge of the earth?
If you said yes, to any of these, you are, according to Vox, a SJW.
(Also, non-Christians are irrational idiots and war refugees are really just a jihadist invasion.)
Understand, Vox Day is the guy who once offered a woman money to rape her. Only three days ago, in fact, he wrote this:
Anyhow, men who whine about their wife being "the boss" are mostly gammas and low deltas. The only time a man takes orders is if you are a) at work, b) joining the priesthood, or c) in the Army.
(He chooses to ignore one comment, no doubt by one of those filthy SJWs: "Yeah? What if you're at school and she's a teacher? What if she's a doctor? What if she's a person of authority talking about something you know jack shit about? Should I disobey the next female judge who gives me an order? Should I tell her that Vox Day tells me not to listen unless we're at work, I'm joining the priesthood, or we're in the Army?")
He fails to understand that using using ironic terms sincerely makes him look stupid. Although, let's be honest, Vox Day, you're pretty good at that:
3. This misunderstanding of irony somehow seeps into the subtitle.
Here's another history lesson.
Vox Day created Rabid Puppies. Rabid Puppies, mostly composed of the aforementioned "Dread Ilk", aimed to "reclaim" the Hugos from those filthy SJWs (before switching to wanting to "nuke" the Hugos for having a popular taste different to his). The story is that Day believes that certain "cliques" manipulate the Hugo Award, choosing to give books to certain liberal writers based on politics, not the quality of the work.
So Day (a self-proclaimed "superintelligence" [sic] who apparently couldn't come-up with an idea of his own) decides to copy a pal of his and create a voting block. He then instructs his "minions" to vote for the exact works he's nominated.
No thinking. Just obeying. And the exact works.
The irony of then subtitling his book "Taking Down the Thought Police" should be apparent.
Well, maybe not to Day.
It takes a real toilet-clogger to earn 1-star based on title alone, but Vox did it.
Congratulations, Einstein!
September 6, 2015
A clear, concise and useful summary of today's SJW (Social Justice Warriors) movement, including their influence on the culture, infiltration of major institutions and, more importantly, the threat they present to regular unsuspecting people in everyday life. Whether you are an up-and-coming author or a corporate cubicle dweller, a scientist with a list of impressive achievements under your belt or a college student--chances are, sooner or later you will encounter these members of the new authoritarian movement who want nothing less than total control over your speech, your behavior, your very thoughts. If this book were nothing else but a guide for how to survive one of the SJW attacks, it would deserve undying gratitude of every free thinking person in the country. It is, however, more than that.
After reciting the "3 laws of SJWs," the book, somewhat oddly, spends time demonstrating them in action through a detailed discussion of the dispute between Day and his perpetual foe John Scalzi (an SJW) over the popularity of Scalzi's website. It is a puzzling choice at first glance; however, it plants the pertinent question in the reader's mind. If Mr. Scalzi is willing to lie and obfuscate about something as trivial and easily verified as website page views, what are the chances he would be truthful on things more substantial? Thus, in proper storytelling fashion, the hook is set, and the reader wants to know more.
Most of the rest of the book is, once again, full of effective storytelling techniques applied to non-fiction. The chapters alternate between disturbing demonstrations of SJW methods and tactics used against people who should have been fairly indestructible (thus bringing the reader close to despair) and showing proven, reliable ways that could be used to actually defeat such attacks (giving the reader hope and the reason to read on). I have not read Vox Day's fiction except for a few short stories, but the very structure of this book makes me curious to check out his longer fiction work. Aside from his… interesting…personality, the man knows how to write.
Substance-wise, the book is packed with information, from full history of GamerGate, to the Hugo Awards situation, to very understandable and valuable explanation of 4th Generation Warfare and how it applies to non-military struggles, to crash course in dialectic vs rhetorical debate techniques. If you have never cracked open a sci-fi book or pressed an ON button of a game system controller, you will still understand the basics of every issue discussed in the book.
There are a few special treats for the readers as well, not the least of which is a Foreword by the always fabulous Milo Yiannopoulos a.ka. Nero, a fearless European journalist whom you should just discover for yourself. Also, if you're reading on Kindle, do yourself a favor and keep moving to the next page even after the software tells you the book is "complete" because there are some Appendices you will likely enjoy (or at least find educational).
Is it a flawless book? Probably not. There are a couple of typos that the detractors will doubtless harp on, and one or two spots where the pacing sags a bit (most notably in the first two chapters). However, I have no problem giving it 5 stars and my ringing endorsement. Nowadays, loosely defined "pro-freedom" movement is overrun by pessimism and dire warnings, and it it inspiring indeed to see, for once, a book that offers a path towards the light, however difficult and uncertain it might be.
Highly recommended.
After reciting the "3 laws of SJWs," the book, somewhat oddly, spends time demonstrating them in action through a detailed discussion of the dispute between Day and his perpetual foe John Scalzi (an SJW) over the popularity of Scalzi's website. It is a puzzling choice at first glance; however, it plants the pertinent question in the reader's mind. If Mr. Scalzi is willing to lie and obfuscate about something as trivial and easily verified as website page views, what are the chances he would be truthful on things more substantial? Thus, in proper storytelling fashion, the hook is set, and the reader wants to know more.
Most of the rest of the book is, once again, full of effective storytelling techniques applied to non-fiction. The chapters alternate between disturbing demonstrations of SJW methods and tactics used against people who should have been fairly indestructible (thus bringing the reader close to despair) and showing proven, reliable ways that could be used to actually defeat such attacks (giving the reader hope and the reason to read on). I have not read Vox Day's fiction except for a few short stories, but the very structure of this book makes me curious to check out his longer fiction work. Aside from his… interesting…personality, the man knows how to write.
Substance-wise, the book is packed with information, from full history of GamerGate, to the Hugo Awards situation, to very understandable and valuable explanation of 4th Generation Warfare and how it applies to non-military struggles, to crash course in dialectic vs rhetorical debate techniques. If you have never cracked open a sci-fi book or pressed an ON button of a game system controller, you will still understand the basics of every issue discussed in the book.
There are a few special treats for the readers as well, not the least of which is a Foreword by the always fabulous Milo Yiannopoulos a.ka. Nero, a fearless European journalist whom you should just discover for yourself. Also, if you're reading on Kindle, do yourself a favor and keep moving to the next page even after the software tells you the book is "complete" because there are some Appendices you will likely enjoy (or at least find educational).
Is it a flawless book? Probably not. There are a couple of typos that the detractors will doubtless harp on, and one or two spots where the pacing sags a bit (most notably in the first two chapters). However, I have no problem giving it 5 stars and my ringing endorsement. Nowadays, loosely defined "pro-freedom" movement is overrun by pessimism and dire warnings, and it it inspiring indeed to see, for once, a book that offers a path towards the light, however difficult and uncertain it might be.
Highly recommended.
January 8, 2016
An interesting primer on hypocrisy in action, this book could be re-titled "Vox Day Always Lies" without losing any of its impact. Consider firstly that Vox claims he couldn't care less about the Hugo awards, but the last couple lines in the blurb for this book (both here on Goodreads and also on Amazon) clearly point out that Vox Day is a "three-time Hugo nominee".
So you know what you're getting into here... this book contains the spin Vox needs to rationalize his behavior, and as such I wasn't sure if I could use my "non-fiction" shelf for this work, or if I'd need to create a "propaganda" shelf on Goodreads.
Vox begins in the prologue by describing his utter shock at the level of scrutiny he was given when he put his name forward to be a candidate for president of SFWA. This, then, must be the instance in which he was hurt most deeply, which is surprising to think that somebody so vastly intelligent, highly athletic, and wildly successful (as Vox lets anyone know) would play the victim card so vindictively.
Why the scrutiny? Because of his blog. In which, if you don't read carefully, it appears as though Vox expresses quite racist and sexist ideals. If only those readers had read carefully, however, as they'd soon see that, due to Vox's intelligence, he only explores those things that history is suggesting to us, and in rather vague terms.
Oh... you noticed that he deletes some blog comments that don't follow his narrative? But leaves other comments that gleefully anticipate impending race wars and discuss firearms? Well, that cannot be the fault of Vox! These are academic exercises, and none other!
Regardless, in May 2013, Vox lost the election, and barely 3 months later was informed that he was expelled from SFWA.
In chapter one, Vox downplays how innocuously an attack could be made on any person. A mere violation of a Code of Conduct is often the tool used by the so-called "social justice warriors" acting as thought-police. Here's a quotation about the shock and surprise one would feel when it occurs to them:
And the spin is on. Because frankly, if your company has a Code of Conduct, and you don't pay close attention to it, then you're a fool. And remember that SFWA scrutiny that Vox didn't like? I challenge Vox to refute the fact that any typical visitor that quickly skims over his blog will react either with sheer disgust or with fervent reverence and profound agreement.
Here's one quotation pulled from Vox's blog at random, and it's a rather minor one. Keep in mind that in general, the blog articles pale in comparison to the blog comments posted by regular visitors.
This is from Sept 24, 2010. Will a casual reader encountering this perhaps see some red flags?
In chapter 2, Vox gives us the apparent motivation for his being expelled from SFWA. He had uncovered evidence that John Scalzi had been lying about his blog traffic, and thus John Scalzi initiated the expulsion in order to disqualify Vox's discovery.
Vox's claim, therefore, is that Scalzi orchestrated this to release the pressure about the lies of having 50K visitors daily to his own blog, whatever.scalzi.com. And that Scalzi forced them to make a decision, Scalzi or Vox, and that poor Vox, innocent as ever, was once again victimized. For a single controversial statement on his blog. (My eyes roll when I read about a so-called "single controversial statement" on Vox's blog.)
And I guess that the single controversial statement is the one included in the appendix to this book. Which you can read online (http://voxday.blogspot.ca/2013/06/a-black-female-fantasist.html), but suffice it to say that Vox questions if a certain black female is civilized, associates her with "half-savages" attacking people in Texas and Florida, refers to genetic science that would rank her as inferior and not fully homo sapiens sapiens, and compares her with an illiterate tribesman tasked with building a jet engine.
But yeah... Vox was expelled because Scalzi didn't want to be caught in a lie. It had nothing to do with controversial statements on his blog. Like that one. Because that's the only one.
Okay, so now we've established that Rule 1 is in effect: Vox Day always lies.
The rest of the book (and it's getting too painful for me to go through this again, so I'm going to cut things short here) is similar. Vox describes the tactics of an SJW attack, and instructs how to defeat them. By... (drum roll)... doing the exact same thing to them. If you don't want to be subject to the thought police, then the easy solution is to become the thought police yourself.
Don't hire anybody who thinks it's good to pursue social justice agendas, and try to get them fired whenever you discover someone like that already working in your organization. Research, dig, and document, and eventually you'll find dirt on that individual, and then you go about "pointing and shrieking". Much like the manufactured outrage that led to a recent boycott of Tor books by Vox and his ilk, I'd surmise.
And... that's enough for me. I can't wade through this toxic stuff once again any further. Read if you must. In my case, I'm thankful that I had a friend loan me their device so that I could read this, as I certainly wasn't going to pay for it.
Vox Day says "start nothing, but finish everything", and forgets that he's the one holding the flaming sword.
So you know what you're getting into here... this book contains the spin Vox needs to rationalize his behavior, and as such I wasn't sure if I could use my "non-fiction" shelf for this work, or if I'd need to create a "propaganda" shelf on Goodreads.
Vox begins in the prologue by describing his utter shock at the level of scrutiny he was given when he put his name forward to be a candidate for president of SFWA. This, then, must be the instance in which he was hurt most deeply, which is surprising to think that somebody so vastly intelligent, highly athletic, and wildly successful (as Vox lets anyone know) would play the victim card so vindictively.
Why the scrutiny? Because of his blog. In which, if you don't read carefully, it appears as though Vox expresses quite racist and sexist ideals. If only those readers had read carefully, however, as they'd soon see that, due to Vox's intelligence, he only explores those things that history is suggesting to us, and in rather vague terms.
Oh... you noticed that he deletes some blog comments that don't follow his narrative? But leaves other comments that gleefully anticipate impending race wars and discuss firearms? Well, that cannot be the fault of Vox! These are academic exercises, and none other!
Regardless, in May 2013, Vox lost the election, and barely 3 months later was informed that he was expelled from SFWA.
In chapter one, Vox downplays how innocuously an attack could be made on any person. A mere violation of a Code of Conduct is often the tool used by the so-called "social justice warriors" acting as thought-police. Here's a quotation about the shock and surprise one would feel when it occurs to them:
“I'm afraid we've had a complaint about an incident that appears to concern a violation of the company's Code of Conduct last month,” he says. “By you.”
The Code of Conduct? What the Hell? You're vaguely aware that the company has one; you even read it for laughs one slow afternoon, so you know it's nothing but two pages of meaningless feel-good blather. Equal opportunity, be nice, be respectful, don't discriminate, don't kill anyone, yada yada yada. You're not even sure how anyone in your position could violate the Code of Conduct if he tried, short of stealing something from the company or punching somebody in the face. It's not like you have the power to hire or fire anyone.
And the spin is on. Because frankly, if your company has a Code of Conduct, and you don't pay close attention to it, then you're a fool. And remember that SFWA scrutiny that Vox didn't like? I challenge Vox to refute the fact that any typical visitor that quickly skims over his blog will react either with sheer disgust or with fervent reverence and profound agreement.
Here's one quotation pulled from Vox's blog at random, and it's a rather minor one. Keep in mind that in general, the blog articles pale in comparison to the blog comments posted by regular visitors.
This is from Sept 24, 2010. Will a casual reader encountering this perhaps see some red flags?
I have never subscribed to the myth that ten percent of the population is gay. First, because I don't trust round numbers. Second, because of the thousands of people I've met over time, far fewer than 10 percent of them were not normally oriented despite the fact that I was acquainted with a lot more gay men and bisexual women than nearly anyone else I knew.
And, of course, no one could ever provide a credible citation. I've always assumed the correct number was around 2 percent, which appears to be more in line with the statistical reality. The fact is that gays tend to lead very troubled lives, not because of homophobia or the contempt of the normally-oriented as many would like to believe, but because abnormality of any kind is not easy. Gays do not deserve approval for their inclinations but neither do they merit contempt. I think the correct response to someone announcing they are gay is "I'm sorry", not because homosexuality is hateful, but because it's not an easy journey through life.
In chapter 2, Vox gives us the apparent motivation for his being expelled from SFWA. He had uncovered evidence that John Scalzi had been lying about his blog traffic, and thus John Scalzi initiated the expulsion in order to disqualify Vox's discovery.
John Scalzi's first response was to attempt to distract everyone by disqualifying the individual whose uncomfortable questions were threatening the perception of his massive popularity with the public. He did this by pointing to a single controversial comment I had made on my blog in response to a vicious and unprovoked attack by one of his allies, and using it as an excuse to force the SFWA board to choose between me and two of the most influential people in science fiction.
At the time, John Scalzi was the organization's outgoing three-time president, and Patrick Nielsen Hayden was the Senior Editor and Manager of Science Fiction at Tor Books. Both leading SFWA members, they stopped paying their membership dues that summer and threatened to leave the organization if the Board did not vote to expel me, which it obediently did on August 2013.
Vox's claim, therefore, is that Scalzi orchestrated this to release the pressure about the lies of having 50K visitors daily to his own blog, whatever.scalzi.com. And that Scalzi forced them to make a decision, Scalzi or Vox, and that poor Vox, innocent as ever, was once again victimized. For a single controversial statement on his blog. (My eyes roll when I read about a so-called "single controversial statement" on Vox's blog.)
And I guess that the single controversial statement is the one included in the appendix to this book. Which you can read online (http://voxday.blogspot.ca/2013/06/a-black-female-fantasist.html), but suffice it to say that Vox questions if a certain black female is civilized, associates her with "half-savages" attacking people in Texas and Florida, refers to genetic science that would rank her as inferior and not fully homo sapiens sapiens, and compares her with an illiterate tribesman tasked with building a jet engine.
But yeah... Vox was expelled because Scalzi didn't want to be caught in a lie. It had nothing to do with controversial statements on his blog. Like that one. Because that's the only one.
Okay, so now we've established that Rule 1 is in effect: Vox Day always lies.
The rest of the book (and it's getting too painful for me to go through this again, so I'm going to cut things short here) is similar. Vox describes the tactics of an SJW attack, and instructs how to defeat them. By... (drum roll)... doing the exact same thing to them. If you don't want to be subject to the thought police, then the easy solution is to become the thought police yourself.
Don't hire anybody who thinks it's good to pursue social justice agendas, and try to get them fired whenever you discover someone like that already working in your organization. Research, dig, and document, and eventually you'll find dirt on that individual, and then you go about "pointing and shrieking". Much like the manufactured outrage that led to a recent boycott of Tor books by Vox and his ilk, I'd surmise.
And... that's enough for me. I can't wade through this toxic stuff once again any further. Read if you must. In my case, I'm thankful that I had a friend loan me their device so that I could read this, as I certainly wasn't going to pay for it.
Vox Day says "start nothing, but finish everything", and forgets that he's the one holding the flaming sword.
March 28, 2017
So the title of this one is going to offend a certain subset of people straight off - and I'd argue that those are the people who need to be offended. Indeed, the whole point of this book, (subtitled: taking down the thought police), is that a subset of perpetually offended professional victims are causing great damage wherever they turn up by way of superficially noble-sounding goals.
This book is *essential* self defense material. Wherever you encounter the SJW (social justice warrior), be it in your hobbies or professionally, their tactics are identical and it pays to understand the pattern. And once you understand the pattern, you'll start to see it more and more.
A note - The authors of this book are unabashed rightists. Aside from a couple of points, this is a book that transcends political boundaries. The theme here is "fighting extremists", and while the SJW is a leftist by definition, other leftists (myself included) stand to gain a lot by learning to stand up to extremists. If you disclaim the contents here simply because of the political leanings of the authors, you do yourself a great disservice.
Highly recommended.
This book is *essential* self defense material. Wherever you encounter the SJW (social justice warrior), be it in your hobbies or professionally, their tactics are identical and it pays to understand the pattern. And once you understand the pattern, you'll start to see it more and more.
A note - The authors of this book are unabashed rightists. Aside from a couple of points, this is a book that transcends political boundaries. The theme here is "fighting extremists", and while the SJW is a leftist by definition, other leftists (myself included) stand to gain a lot by learning to stand up to extremists. If you disclaim the contents here simply because of the political leanings of the authors, you do yourself a great disservice.
Highly recommended.
October 25, 2015
A short polemical book describing techniques to fight back against social justice monsterings, such as the Twitter mob that got Nobel Prize winner Tim Hunt sacked for making a sexist joke. It was exceptionally easy-to-read and well-written, especially given some of the events in the book had happened only days before. Whatever you think about blogger Vox Day, he's evidently a very smart and articulate guy. Worth a read if you're interested in the topic.
April 28, 2016
'The fact that most SJWs[Social Justice Warriors] would genuinely deny that they are socialists or that they seek to destroy Western Civilization means that sooner or later, they will be forced to confront the fact that the goals they seek, Equality, Diversity and inclusiveness, are utterly incompatible with personal freedoms, societal wealth and advancement of technological civilization."
- Vox Day (pen name of Theodore Beale)
I encourage everyone interested in American Politics and American Fiction (regardless of genre) to read this book, though I would prefer that you avoid paying for it. I read SJW's Always Lie because I am planning to attend the 2016 MidAmericon II convention, where the 2016 Hugo Awards will presented and for which this book is an eligible recipient in the Hugo's Best Related Work Category.
This book is a quick and easy read. It offers a very clear and direct view into the mind of an intelligent and educated White Christian Nationalist, racist and mysogynist. While you may find the trip to be as unwholesome as it is no doubt unpleasant, it is important to have as close to first hand knowledge of this mindset as possible. If you rely on others to process this sort of information for you it is more likely that you will become complacent in your assessment of the danger that White Christian Nationalism poses to Democracy and secular Humanism. So take one for the team.
After reading this book, you'll see that Vox Day very much desires to extend his influence beyond video gaming and spoiling SJW-friendly sci fi awards. Thankfully, his demographic is largely limited to white men who work in the IT industry and the dutiful wives who do their laundry. If you are not already well versed in "Gamergate" or the "Rabid Puppies" debacle, the parts of this book that are not trashing John Stuart Mill, extolling Frederik Hayek, quoting Sun Tzu (like only the most hardcore elite Mall Ninja can) and misappropriating Aristotle will go right over your head. Day is totally on point when he emphasizes the overwhelming advantage that can only be gained by having intimate knowlegde of your enemy. If you don't believe that Day has influence, spend a little time reseaching how many of the successful tactics deployed by "Anti-SJWs" in Gamergate were copied in the attacks on Planned Parenthood in 2015.
If you yourself don't write or edit a blog or have a financial interest in generating web page traffic, you may find Day's tedious explaination for his smug feelings of superiority to his nemesis John Scalzi to be quite boring. I know I did.
I can tell you that this is a terrible book written for horrible people but you really need to experience just how terrible it is for yourself first hand. And then you need to take everything that you learned in this book and apply it to your activism.
- Vox Day (pen name of Theodore Beale)
I encourage everyone interested in American Politics and American Fiction (regardless of genre) to read this book, though I would prefer that you avoid paying for it. I read SJW's Always Lie because I am planning to attend the 2016 MidAmericon II convention, where the 2016 Hugo Awards will presented and for which this book is an eligible recipient in the Hugo's Best Related Work Category.
This book is a quick and easy read. It offers a very clear and direct view into the mind of an intelligent and educated White Christian Nationalist, racist and mysogynist. While you may find the trip to be as unwholesome as it is no doubt unpleasant, it is important to have as close to first hand knowledge of this mindset as possible. If you rely on others to process this sort of information for you it is more likely that you will become complacent in your assessment of the danger that White Christian Nationalism poses to Democracy and secular Humanism. So take one for the team.
After reading this book, you'll see that Vox Day very much desires to extend his influence beyond video gaming and spoiling SJW-friendly sci fi awards. Thankfully, his demographic is largely limited to white men who work in the IT industry and the dutiful wives who do their laundry. If you are not already well versed in "Gamergate" or the "Rabid Puppies" debacle, the parts of this book that are not trashing John Stuart Mill, extolling Frederik Hayek, quoting Sun Tzu (like only the most hardcore elite Mall Ninja can) and misappropriating Aristotle will go right over your head. Day is totally on point when he emphasizes the overwhelming advantage that can only be gained by having intimate knowlegde of your enemy. If you don't believe that Day has influence, spend a little time reseaching how many of the successful tactics deployed by "Anti-SJWs" in Gamergate were copied in the attacks on Planned Parenthood in 2015.
If you yourself don't write or edit a blog or have a financial interest in generating web page traffic, you may find Day's tedious explaination for his smug feelings of superiority to his nemesis John Scalzi to be quite boring. I know I did.
I can tell you that this is a terrible book written for horrible people but you really need to experience just how terrible it is for yourself first hand. And then you need to take everything that you learned in this book and apply it to your activism.
September 1, 2015
Essential Reading for swimming in today's cultural waters......
Ever wonder why things have gone rushing past "full Retard", are currently at "potato", and are headed for "turnip"?? SJW's are why. They're why your mandatory "social awareness" training that HR has mandated is being taught by.....actually, you're not quite sure who or WHAT is training you, but if you ask, or guess wrong, you'll be repeating the course. . .if you're lucky.
These are what the Social Justice Warriors have inflicted on us all. Luckily, Vox Day, the Supreme Dark Lord of.... well, something, has written a concise guide to dealing with these finger-wagging, constantly-nagging scolds, who seem to have a lock on our culture. It may SEEM that way, but this concise volume provides the tools and background needed to fight.... and WIN.....against these shrieking cultural barbarians. A must-read for anyone who values objectivity, logic, and facts over loaded emotional shrieking...
Ever wonder why things have gone rushing past "full Retard", are currently at "potato", and are headed for "turnip"?? SJW's are why. They're why your mandatory "social awareness" training that HR has mandated is being taught by.....actually, you're not quite sure who or WHAT is training you, but if you ask, or guess wrong, you'll be repeating the course. . .if you're lucky.
These are what the Social Justice Warriors have inflicted on us all. Luckily, Vox Day, the Supreme Dark Lord of.... well, something, has written a concise guide to dealing with these finger-wagging, constantly-nagging scolds, who seem to have a lock on our culture. It may SEEM that way, but this concise volume provides the tools and background needed to fight.... and WIN.....against these shrieking cultural barbarians. A must-read for anyone who values objectivity, logic, and facts over loaded emotional shrieking...
January 8, 2017
Theodore T'so -- a Linux programmer -- received a lot of grief when he mentioned on a mailing list that the traditional English definition for rape didn't include cases where both parties were too drunk to consent. The people hassling him (1) didn't bother checking whether his statement was historically accurate (it was), and (2) didn't realize that a statement of how the law defines things -- or used to define things -- is very different from a statement of what actions are right or wrong.
More recently, a Javascript programmer who speaks English as a second language was hassled for rejecting a trivial edit to documentation to change male pronouns to neutral pronouns -- "he," "his," "him" to "they," "their," "them." One of the project's lead programmers went through a lot of trouble to state that "to reject a pull request that eliminates a gendered pronoun on the principle that pronouns should in fact be gendered would constitute a fireable offense for me and for Joyent"; no matter how many grammar books disagree. For the record, if you ever get a job offer from Joyent, remember that disputes over grammar may cost you your job.
Occasionally, people are fired for using the word "niggardly," although it has no connection to the racial slur.
Even in cases where the underlying complaint is valid, the mobs often reject any proposed resolution. Their demands are always unclear. When somebody is finally fired, they express remorse and claim to have never wanted to cost somebody their job; but given that they never made clear demands, this rings hollow.
This book does give some advice on what to if you become the target of a mob of do-gooders. Unfortunately, some of the earliest advice is "expect to be fired." But Vox Day does give advice for a longer term movement, illustrated with examples from successful campaigns connected to #GamerGate.
More recently, a Javascript programmer who speaks English as a second language was hassled for rejecting a trivial edit to documentation to change male pronouns to neutral pronouns -- "he," "his," "him" to "they," "their," "them." One of the project's lead programmers went through a lot of trouble to state that "to reject a pull request that eliminates a gendered pronoun on the principle that pronouns should in fact be gendered would constitute a fireable offense for me and for Joyent"; no matter how many grammar books disagree. For the record, if you ever get a job offer from Joyent, remember that disputes over grammar may cost you your job.
Occasionally, people are fired for using the word "niggardly," although it has no connection to the racial slur.
Even in cases where the underlying complaint is valid, the mobs often reject any proposed resolution. Their demands are always unclear. When somebody is finally fired, they express remorse and claim to have never wanted to cost somebody their job; but given that they never made clear demands, this rings hollow.
This book does give some advice on what to if you become the target of a mob of do-gooders. Unfortunately, some of the earliest advice is "expect to be fired." But Vox Day does give advice for a longer term movement, illustrated with examples from successful campaigns connected to #GamerGate.
November 6, 2015
For those of you who do not know what a SJW is or does, this book is for you. For those of you who know all too well what SJW's are and do, this book is for you. And for those of you who consider yourselves SJW's, this book certainly is not for you.
SJW's or Social Justice Warriors are those poor souls who have taken it upon themselves to condemn others for violating political correctness. Utilizing a variety of techniques, they redefine what behaviors are allowable in an organization much to everyone's detriment. In writing a book chronicling how they attack and how to survive their onslaught, Vox Day has provided us all with an unparalleled weapon for truth, justice, and liberty. If you have wondered why things seem to be getting worse the last twenty years, this book explains how the SJW phenomenon has warped our culture and brought misery to so many. This book provides us with a great way to resist the assault of those who champion "social justice" over all else.
SJW's or Social Justice Warriors are those poor souls who have taken it upon themselves to condemn others for violating political correctness. Utilizing a variety of techniques, they redefine what behaviors are allowable in an organization much to everyone's detriment. In writing a book chronicling how they attack and how to survive their onslaught, Vox Day has provided us all with an unparalleled weapon for truth, justice, and liberty. If you have wondered why things seem to be getting worse the last twenty years, this book explains how the SJW phenomenon has warped our culture and brought misery to so many. This book provides us with a great way to resist the assault of those who champion "social justice" over all else.
November 7, 2015
An eminently practical take on cultural warfare from a seasoned veteran. Too vengeful (and I say that having been on the receiving end of a couple of attacks) but other than that, very useful. Having encountered the type of person/behavior he describes in other arenas, I believe that the SJW is not a new phenomenon. Rather, it's a cultural niche in which a certain kind of disordered personality finds a comfortable home -- but it's not the only niche where you can find them.
September 3, 2015
Mini-manual for the anti-SJW guerrilla
A practical guide to the nature of SJWs (people who feed off political correctness) , their threat, their methods, and how to counter them. You can view SJW as a performance, an act that lets the performer gain status by destroying another. Make no mistake the goal is to destroy, not build. Specious pretexts are the stock in trade of the point-and-shriek crowd. This is a book that is worth re-reading for the insights that can be applied in the field. And if you or a loved one fall afoul of the PC thought police and their internet mobs, this book might save you job, reputation, and self-respect.
A practical guide to the nature of SJWs (people who feed off political correctness) , their threat, their methods, and how to counter them. You can view SJW as a performance, an act that lets the performer gain status by destroying another. Make no mistake the goal is to destroy, not build. Specious pretexts are the stock in trade of the point-and-shriek crowd. This is a book that is worth re-reading for the insights that can be applied in the field. And if you or a loved one fall afoul of the PC thought police and their internet mobs, this book might save you job, reputation, and self-respect.
January 2, 2016
While the title says "SJWs", this book is meant for anyone who argues or attacks in an intellectually dishonest manner. And as such, it is invaluable.
A reader can be forgiven for thinking that they don't need such a handbook because they are a moderate and considerate person, unencumbered by political dogma and able to handle polite conversation and friendly dinners without insulting their companions because of Wrongthink. That reader is fooling themselves.
To paraphrase an old saw: You may not be interested in Social Justice Warriors but Social Justice Warriors are interested in you. This book was my Tipping Point. I was convinced that I could remain above the culture war and be friendly with both sides. I was wrong. And it wasn't just Vox Day's book that changed my mind. It was also the reaction to his book.
His detractors can't argue in an intellectually honest manner. They won't argue fairly, but expect their enemies to do so.
No more sitting on the sidelines. The SJWs may tell you they appreciate your pint of view. They may say you can remain neutral. If they catch you saying something that might offend them, they may say they want an apology and everything will be all right. But SJWs Always Lie.
A reader can be forgiven for thinking that they don't need such a handbook because they are a moderate and considerate person, unencumbered by political dogma and able to handle polite conversation and friendly dinners without insulting their companions because of Wrongthink. That reader is fooling themselves.
To paraphrase an old saw: You may not be interested in Social Justice Warriors but Social Justice Warriors are interested in you. This book was my Tipping Point. I was convinced that I could remain above the culture war and be friendly with both sides. I was wrong. And it wasn't just Vox Day's book that changed my mind. It was also the reaction to his book.
His detractors can't argue in an intellectually honest manner. They won't argue fairly, but expect their enemies to do so.
No more sitting on the sidelines. The SJWs may tell you they appreciate your pint of view. They may say you can remain neutral. If they catch you saying something that might offend them, they may say they want an apology and everything will be all right. But SJWs Always Lie.
January 14, 2016
Having previously read Alexandra Erin's excellent parody of this book I couldn't help read the original when I noticed it was available on kindle unlimited. I needn't have bothered. Voxy's version reads almost exactly the same as the parody, but without the humor or self awareness.
Basically, it would be funny if it were trying to be. Lord knows I giggled at the "oh noes, the office code of conduct is oppressing me"section. But since the book is apparently sincere, it's essentially an instruction manual for people with a persecution complex who want to waste a lot of time tilting at (lying, evil ) windmills. If that's you, have fun guys! If you just want the laughs skip this version and head straight to "John Scalzi is not a very popular author and I myself am quite popular."
Basically, it would be funny if it were trying to be. Lord knows I giggled at the "oh noes, the office code of conduct is oppressing me"section. But since the book is apparently sincere, it's essentially an instruction manual for people with a persecution complex who want to waste a lot of time tilting at (lying, evil ) windmills. If that's you, have fun guys! If you just want the laughs skip this version and head straight to "John Scalzi is not a very popular author and I myself am quite popular."
September 3, 2015
Silencing the Sound and Fury
If you're like me, you've learned to know to avoid speaking certain things in certain quarters, to avoid certain outcomes. You've gotten good at it, and you're not particularly worried about it - it's like a war in some far off country that you hear about in passing. Still, there's a nagging feeling - what if I slip up, what if someone tells?
Fear of Conflict and Fear of Ostracization are two social vulnerabilities that political actors have hacked, especially over my lifetime, to weaken political opposition. It's done in predictable ways using predictable tactics, tactics that have been proven to work.
But, as with any competitive tactic - think about sports or battle games - the repeated use of a tactic familiarizes the opposition with the nuances of the strategy, and, even in victory, gives a smart opponent the tools he needs to win.
Vox Day, whatever you might think of him (think of how often you've seen the previous phrase written to describe the defamed), has been immersed joyfully in conflict with political defamers for years. He's as competent a source as any for insight and counter-tactics.
It's not a perfect book, more of a first volley, but this book is the first of its kind that I'm aware of - a battle-guide against common political defamation.
If you're like me, you've learned to know to avoid speaking certain things in certain quarters, to avoid certain outcomes. You've gotten good at it, and you're not particularly worried about it - it's like a war in some far off country that you hear about in passing. Still, there's a nagging feeling - what if I slip up, what if someone tells?
Fear of Conflict and Fear of Ostracization are two social vulnerabilities that political actors have hacked, especially over my lifetime, to weaken political opposition. It's done in predictable ways using predictable tactics, tactics that have been proven to work.
But, as with any competitive tactic - think about sports or battle games - the repeated use of a tactic familiarizes the opposition with the nuances of the strategy, and, even in victory, gives a smart opponent the tools he needs to win.
Vox Day, whatever you might think of him (think of how often you've seen the previous phrase written to describe the defamed), has been immersed joyfully in conflict with political defamers for years. He's as competent a source as any for insight and counter-tactics.
It's not a perfect book, more of a first volley, but this book is the first of its kind that I'm aware of - a battle-guide against common political defamation.
September 26, 2015
A primer for resisting the PC fascism in the contemporary culture.
September 3, 2015
So this is a book about a cabal of Social Justice Warriors that set out to destroy western civilization. Our first encounter with a real SJW is in chapter 2 when we meet Mr. Scalzi, a SF-writer who lied about the traffic his Blog gets. We are then treated to an astonishingly boring chapter about the various metrics to measure Blog traffic, with listings of the involved numbers, how of course Mr. Day's Blog has vastly more traffic, we get conversion factors from page views to visitors, and it is dreadful. Consider this excerpt:
"The very month that John Scalzi told Lightspeed that Whatever had two million page views per month, it actually had 305,230. Instead of the '45,000 unique visitors daily' he'd claimed, his site had been averaging 1,808 per day. In June 2012, the last complete month before the New York Times interview in which he'd claimed “up to 50,000 visitors per day”, his site had 3,260 visitors and 16,356 page views per day. (This works out to 5.02 page views per visitor, which you may recall is almost exactly at the upper bound of my original estimate.) I posted the information I'd uncovered on my blog in a chart dating back to January 2009 that showed Whatever had only averaged 2,740 readers per day, 47,260 fewer than Scalzi had repeatedly claimed.!"
Indeed, a riveting piece of investigative journalism!
This attempt to demonize the typical SJW is quite underwhelming, because some writer who exaggerates the popularity of his Blog is really just not that scandalous. It instead reads as an account of a personal vendetta, which to an outsider feels rather pointless. Mr. Day even gave Mr. Scalzi the so very clever nickname "Rapey McRaperson".
Don’t ask why, it's complicated (On a side note, if you wonder if Mr. Day's wit has no bounds, on his Blog he calls G.R.R Martin George Rape Rape Martin).
The next chapters deal with Mr. Day's ousting from the SFWA, an organization of SF-Writers (another pet-vendetta of him), his gaming the system of the literary award the aforementioned organization bestows, and Gamergate. He lists the various horrible things that have been done to him and his friends and proceeds to explain his counterstrategy. Which simply is to do the same horrible things back, only more vicious. Because after all, it is for the greater good! And an agent of the greater good can do no wrong, even if he does the same things Mr. Day just spent 100 pages calling vile and evil. Remember, SJW always lie and you are saving western civilization. So please, happily abandon all your moral standards. Here are some of the things you should consider doing:
"Undermine them, sabotage them, and discredit them."
"Be ruthless and show them absolutely no mercy."
"This is not the time for Christian forgiveness."
"If you have any SJWs working under you, fire them."
"The normal rules of live and let live are no longer in effect."
"It may seem a little ironic to have to police your organization yourself in order to prevent it from being thought-policed, but the sad historical fact is that you have to choose between one and the other."
(This is not only a little ironic, this is completely stupid, because if you thought police your organization, to prevent it being thought policed, you still end up with a thought policed organization. Of course, it is then thought policed by you, but that's OK, see GREATER GOOD)
"This is a cultural war, not a garden party, and one of the primary reasons truth, liberty, and justice are being systematically eradicated from our society is that their defenders are unwilling to take the cultural war seriously or take out the enemy's soldiers. Make no mistake, that fat little middle-aged woman who potters around the organization making herself indispensable as she issues those seemingly harmless little homilies about diversity and equality is your enemy, and she will not hesitate to destroy your livelihood if given the opportunity."
"Of course, if you're in IT, you should probably check to see what the relevant laws are before you nuke the company's entire customer database or do anything too catastrophic. On the other hand, mistakenly deleting files that just happen to belong to the SJWs in Human Resources is an unfortunate accident that could happen to anyone, especially if you are able to make it look like malware or as if they did it themselves."
You want more Guantanamos, this is how you get them (VD: "Those ends do not justify the means, nor do they need to do so, as the means are fully justified by our enemy's use of them."). An eye for an eye, let's do it like in the olden days. And please destroy your professional reputation completely by sabotaging your Employer.
And when should you do these things? As soon as anyone shows the slightest preference for the trademark signs of SJWdom: Tolerance, Equality, Diversity, and Progress.
I must say, for an author who wrote a book on the superiority of the Christian faith, based on the thesis that Christians have an incorruptible extrinsic moral compass to follow, he sure is quick to abandon the core beliefs of his religion.
But for what? Let's hear it for "Truth, Liberty and Justice"! Here is Mr. Day on the subject of Truth, when explaining the root cause of Gamergate:
"... it seemed readily apparent to casual observers that the unusual amount of media attention garnered by the game must have been the result of the developer's liberal distribution of her sexual favors. While this does not appear to have exactly been the case (and I have never bothered to sort out exactly who was having sex with whom, and when) ..."
So, the exact Truth isn't so important after all, as long as I get my crusade and can harass some people. We already talked about Mr. Day's idea for justice, and I guess the whole Liberty thing is mainly for the agents of the greater good.
But morals and politics aside, is there any good advice in this book? Just one: if you did nothing wrong, don't apologize and admit nothing. That's it; the rest is just more of the same deeply unoriginal eye-for-eye stuff.
After the last chapter, you can read the appendices, of which Appendix C is of some interest as Mr. Day finally answers the question of his racistness. You see, the worst thing a SJW can do is call someone racist, which as a concept simply does not exist. Especially for Mr. Day who apparently is of Native American descent. Unfortunately everybody, even African-Americans, and Native Americans, and Caucasians and whatnot can be racist, and he promptly proves it for his case.
So, Mr. Day gets insulted by a female African-American SF-Author, Mrs. Jemisin. He responds by suggesting that African-Americans are neither equally Homo sapiens sapiens, nor fully civilized. They are half-savages unable to maintain or build an advanced western civilization. As one definition of racism is: "The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races." I really don't see how this can be considered not racist. Supposedly, his ancestors still protect him from that disgusting accusation.
I give this book two stars, at least I made it through the end and all three appendices.
"The very month that John Scalzi told Lightspeed that Whatever had two million page views per month, it actually had 305,230. Instead of the '45,000 unique visitors daily' he'd claimed, his site had been averaging 1,808 per day. In June 2012, the last complete month before the New York Times interview in which he'd claimed “up to 50,000 visitors per day”, his site had 3,260 visitors and 16,356 page views per day. (This works out to 5.02 page views per visitor, which you may recall is almost exactly at the upper bound of my original estimate.) I posted the information I'd uncovered on my blog in a chart dating back to January 2009 that showed Whatever had only averaged 2,740 readers per day, 47,260 fewer than Scalzi had repeatedly claimed.!"
Indeed, a riveting piece of investigative journalism!
This attempt to demonize the typical SJW is quite underwhelming, because some writer who exaggerates the popularity of his Blog is really just not that scandalous. It instead reads as an account of a personal vendetta, which to an outsider feels rather pointless. Mr. Day even gave Mr. Scalzi the so very clever nickname "Rapey McRaperson".
Don’t ask why, it's complicated (On a side note, if you wonder if Mr. Day's wit has no bounds, on his Blog he calls G.R.R Martin George Rape Rape Martin).
The next chapters deal with Mr. Day's ousting from the SFWA, an organization of SF-Writers (another pet-vendetta of him), his gaming the system of the literary award the aforementioned organization bestows, and Gamergate. He lists the various horrible things that have been done to him and his friends and proceeds to explain his counterstrategy. Which simply is to do the same horrible things back, only more vicious. Because after all, it is for the greater good! And an agent of the greater good can do no wrong, even if he does the same things Mr. Day just spent 100 pages calling vile and evil. Remember, SJW always lie and you are saving western civilization. So please, happily abandon all your moral standards. Here are some of the things you should consider doing:
"Undermine them, sabotage them, and discredit them."
"Be ruthless and show them absolutely no mercy."
"This is not the time for Christian forgiveness."
"If you have any SJWs working under you, fire them."
"The normal rules of live and let live are no longer in effect."
"It may seem a little ironic to have to police your organization yourself in order to prevent it from being thought-policed, but the sad historical fact is that you have to choose between one and the other."
(This is not only a little ironic, this is completely stupid, because if you thought police your organization, to prevent it being thought policed, you still end up with a thought policed organization. Of course, it is then thought policed by you, but that's OK, see GREATER GOOD)
"This is a cultural war, not a garden party, and one of the primary reasons truth, liberty, and justice are being systematically eradicated from our society is that their defenders are unwilling to take the cultural war seriously or take out the enemy's soldiers. Make no mistake, that fat little middle-aged woman who potters around the organization making herself indispensable as she issues those seemingly harmless little homilies about diversity and equality is your enemy, and she will not hesitate to destroy your livelihood if given the opportunity."
"Of course, if you're in IT, you should probably check to see what the relevant laws are before you nuke the company's entire customer database or do anything too catastrophic. On the other hand, mistakenly deleting files that just happen to belong to the SJWs in Human Resources is an unfortunate accident that could happen to anyone, especially if you are able to make it look like malware or as if they did it themselves."
You want more Guantanamos, this is how you get them (VD: "Those ends do not justify the means, nor do they need to do so, as the means are fully justified by our enemy's use of them."). An eye for an eye, let's do it like in the olden days. And please destroy your professional reputation completely by sabotaging your Employer.
And when should you do these things? As soon as anyone shows the slightest preference for the trademark signs of SJWdom: Tolerance, Equality, Diversity, and Progress.
I must say, for an author who wrote a book on the superiority of the Christian faith, based on the thesis that Christians have an incorruptible extrinsic moral compass to follow, he sure is quick to abandon the core beliefs of his religion.
But for what? Let's hear it for "Truth, Liberty and Justice"! Here is Mr. Day on the subject of Truth, when explaining the root cause of Gamergate:
"... it seemed readily apparent to casual observers that the unusual amount of media attention garnered by the game must have been the result of the developer's liberal distribution of her sexual favors. While this does not appear to have exactly been the case (and I have never bothered to sort out exactly who was having sex with whom, and when) ..."
So, the exact Truth isn't so important after all, as long as I get my crusade and can harass some people. We already talked about Mr. Day's idea for justice, and I guess the whole Liberty thing is mainly for the agents of the greater good.
But morals and politics aside, is there any good advice in this book? Just one: if you did nothing wrong, don't apologize and admit nothing. That's it; the rest is just more of the same deeply unoriginal eye-for-eye stuff.
After the last chapter, you can read the appendices, of which Appendix C is of some interest as Mr. Day finally answers the question of his racistness. You see, the worst thing a SJW can do is call someone racist, which as a concept simply does not exist. Especially for Mr. Day who apparently is of Native American descent. Unfortunately everybody, even African-Americans, and Native Americans, and Caucasians and whatnot can be racist, and he promptly proves it for his case.
So, Mr. Day gets insulted by a female African-American SF-Author, Mrs. Jemisin. He responds by suggesting that African-Americans are neither equally Homo sapiens sapiens, nor fully civilized. They are half-savages unable to maintain or build an advanced western civilization. As one definition of racism is: "The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races." I really don't see how this can be considered not racist. Supposedly, his ancestors still protect him from that disgusting accusation.
I give this book two stars, at least I made it through the end and all three appendices.
September 24, 2015
Basically an abridged "Rules for Radicals," adapted for and targeted toward a specific enemy.
Quick reference guide:
1st quarter = describe SJWs & illustrations
2nd quarter = illustrations of how organizations/movements have triaged attacks & counter-attacked
3rd quarter = how to survive an attack as an individual
4th quarter = how to counter-attack as an individual
The second half gets a tad too political (and, frankly, tin foil hat-ish) for my taste. But, overall, a solid book for what it is.
Quick reference guide:
1st quarter = describe SJWs & illustrations
2nd quarter = illustrations of how organizations/movements have triaged attacks & counter-attacked
3rd quarter = how to survive an attack as an individual
4th quarter = how to counter-attack as an individual
The second half gets a tad too political (and, frankly, tin foil hat-ish) for my taste. But, overall, a solid book for what it is.
August 28, 2015
If you plan on making it through life without being crushed by the petty tyrants of the world you need to learn how to defend yourself against their malicious lies. This book gives you that education. It describes the SJW. It details SJW tactics. And it provides the tools to derail SJW attacks. Unless you are a weak, sniveling, conformist you must buy this book. Your livelihood and reputation may depend on it.
January 2, 2016
A spot-on description of SJWs and their attitudes. An engrossing and enjoyable read, packed with valuable advice on how to deal with the SJWs you come in contact with.
November 18, 2015
Five stars for the value it presents in the current times. Seems a little petty at one or two spots, and some of the issues may be a bit difficult for some people to understand, but the points that this book illustrates are solid and useful knowledge.
November 1, 2015
Interesting book, but needs a bit more editing to catch typos and grammatical errors, which I could say about every book I've read this year.
December 3, 2015
Well this book opened up another world of which I was unaware. I initially thought Social Justice Workers helpfully worked for NGOs. But I was drawn to this book by my increasing fascination with the PC police on Internet fora. So many people bothering to verbally annihilate others whose opinions about banal subjects such as weight loss are inadequately expressed. Mr Day fills several chapters with detailed exposés of SJWs in action in the gaming world. Yawn. But then he defines the process of vilification by SJWs and I recognise the accuracy of his observations. His analysis of the Dr Tim Hunt debacle is persuasive. SJWs purport to uphold Equality, Diversity and Tolerance but actually aim to achieve a homogenous, thought-controlled society. Thanks Mr Day for pointing up their insidiousness. Not sure I agree with your fighting tactics though.
September 9, 2022
You can never reason with a SJW. Reason presupposes dialectic, i.e. the search for truth. SJWs speak in the language of rhetoric. Trying to cross the gap is like jumping from France to New York City — impossible. It is best to fight fire with fire, fight rhetoric with rhetoric . . . because "SJWs Always Lie".
January 2, 2016
I'm pretty sure I'm echoing the sentiments of others by saying this, but I wish I'd had this handbook many years ago. Much of what SJWs Always Lie reveals, I had learned on my own the hard way. Plus, I've been following Vox Popoli for a couple years now so this wasn't the first time I've encountered most of the author's revelations.
Still, even though I had learned some dos and don'ts on my own, I hadn't learned all of them. Nor had I discovered exactly WHY one should follow the dos and don'ts I'd learned.
One nice bonus in this book is a chapter-long summary of the whole #Gamergate saga. I'd put bits and pieces together from reading blog posts related to it; but it was nice to digest the entire history of it in one sitting. I suspect other readers would equally appreciate Day's summary of the Hugo Awards/Puppies conflict. What both incidents teach us is that, even though entrenched throughout pop culture (and everywhere else), the SJWs can be pushed back if a few good men can only summon the courage and motivation to take off the kid gloves and fight.
Despite what I've learned from this book and personal experience, Day has helped me understand that I need to become more fluent in the form of communication Aristotle called the rhetorical (not exactly what we currently label rhetoric). Why? Because Aristotle and Day are absolutely correct: there are certain people whose minds you will never change by giving them information. I've run into them a lot, and was usually baffled by how futile my communication had been (speaking dialectic to those who couldn't understand it).
This book is chock-full of insights and practical advice on what to do when you encounter an SJW.
Vox Day lays out the eight stages of an SJW attack. In Stage One, he lists three subcomponents: self-appointed public defense, virtual victimhood, and creative offense-taking. Even though I believe I could think of examples of all three, it would have been nice had the author provided them himself.
Little stuff like that is really the only flaws I can point to in this book. And of course, whether or not they are truly flaws is subjective.
Still, even though I had learned some dos and don'ts on my own, I hadn't learned all of them. Nor had I discovered exactly WHY one should follow the dos and don'ts I'd learned.
One nice bonus in this book is a chapter-long summary of the whole #Gamergate saga. I'd put bits and pieces together from reading blog posts related to it; but it was nice to digest the entire history of it in one sitting. I suspect other readers would equally appreciate Day's summary of the Hugo Awards/Puppies conflict. What both incidents teach us is that, even though entrenched throughout pop culture (and everywhere else), the SJWs can be pushed back if a few good men can only summon the courage and motivation to take off the kid gloves and fight.
Despite what I've learned from this book and personal experience, Day has helped me understand that I need to become more fluent in the form of communication Aristotle called the rhetorical (not exactly what we currently label rhetoric). Why? Because Aristotle and Day are absolutely correct: there are certain people whose minds you will never change by giving them information. I've run into them a lot, and was usually baffled by how futile my communication had been (speaking dialectic to those who couldn't understand it).
This book is chock-full of insights and practical advice on what to do when you encounter an SJW.
Vox Day lays out the eight stages of an SJW attack. In Stage One, he lists three subcomponents: self-appointed public defense, virtual victimhood, and creative offense-taking. Even though I believe I could think of examples of all three, it would have been nice had the author provided them himself.
Little stuff like that is really the only flaws I can point to in this book. And of course, whether or not they are truly flaws is subjective.
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September 29, 2015Guidelines to Fight Off Polemic Attacks Online
Even if you're not invested in the SJW versus anti-SJW fight on Twitter, Facebook, or Tumblr, you may still find this book of great interest. I wasn't a fan of Day's scorched earth solutions to some of the problems he brought up, but I was impressed with how he broke down emotional arguments versus logical arguments. Also of interest were the ways to stymie an SJW attack which I found applicable to fighting any sort of clique. I was let down to see that I was already employing most of the strategies he suggested (I've been confronted with SJW-like attacks for the past ten years because of my blog), but Day's analysis helped me gain insights into those battles. I won more than I realized, but also was dragged needlessly into the drama more than I should have. Using his advice, I look forward to fending off the enemies at the gates with more alacrity and vim while also saving myself a lot of time.
Even if you're not invested in the SJW versus anti-SJW fight on Twitter, Facebook, or Tumblr, you may still find this book of great interest. I wasn't a fan of Day's scorched earth solutions to some of the problems he brought up, but I was impressed with how he broke down emotional arguments versus logical arguments. Also of interest were the ways to stymie an SJW attack which I found applicable to fighting any sort of clique. I was let down to see that I was already employing most of the strategies he suggested (I've been confronted with SJW-like attacks for the past ten years because of my blog), but Day's analysis helped me gain insights into those battles. I won more than I realized, but also was dragged needlessly into the drama more than I should have. Using his advice, I look forward to fending off the enemies at the gates with more alacrity and vim while also saving myself a lot of time.
January 4, 2016
I've encountered a few SJWs and they're exactly as Vox Day describes. I see them all over Twitter. I read them in the news, read their blogs, and I laugh. They can be difficult to deal with, and this book will give you ammunition in dealing with them. Best thing is, they will not understand this book so they'll point and shriek, disqualify! disqualify! and do what SJWs do, continue providing evidence of the observable. Watch the 1 and 2 star reviews. It's already begun. Yes, I am the leader of #GamerGate, and so can you be.
November 7, 2016
Hmm, just realized I got a comment on this review from a drooling idiot, so I decided to update this review.
Election day is tomorrow. I wish more Republicans would read this book. I think back to all of the elections since 2008, and I see one thing all those loser Republicans had in common. They wilted in the face of criticism from the mainstream media and shitheads like "Aah." They stupidly apologized to the "offended" even though they hadn't actually committed any offenses at all.
Everything the left believes in is a lie. They believe that Republicans are racist Bible thumpers who hate women and other non-Americans. They believe that Republicans hate the poor and that all wealthy people are Republicans who want to steal money from the poor.
Their beliefs are, quite frankly, WRONG. And yet, by pushing this false narrative, a race-baiting piece of shit community organizer became President of the United States in 2008 and won re-election in 2012 (yes, there are clearly that many stupid people in this country).
We don't win by apologizing for things we didn't do. We don't win by presenting the facts to these morons either (the difference between dialetic and rhatoric is clearly explained in the book; leftists use rhetoric while Republicans keep trying to hammer them with facts and statistics...sadly, that does not work. It should, but it doesn't). Liberals, or SJWs (as far as I'm concerned, they're the same, but others on the right will disagree with me) are not interested in facts or logic. All they care about is EMOTION and their fucking FEELINGS. Boo hoo, Romney made me feel "unsafe" when he mentioned "binders full of women" (what he meant was "binders full of women's resumes" but by the time this simple little fact was pointed out, it was far too late, and the morons of this country rushed to vote for the idiotic community organizer). They set the terms of engagement...it is up to us to fight using their standards.
Fighting using their standards means utilizing rhetoric, and brutal rhetoric at that, against them - AND NEVER APOLOGIZING. This resonated with me more than anything. You apologize to these drug-addled sub-humans and all they do is double-down. To them, the apology is an admission of guilt. You may not intend it to be a confession or admission of guilt, but that's how they'll take it. They'll take that, wave your virtual scalp around and continue to harass you, because now, according to them, you're an admitted racist/sexist/homophobe/whatever.
Some people might complain about not wanting to lower themselves to their standards. I get that, but for years now, I've been saying that we need to fight fire with fire because that's the only language these fuckers know.
So my thing is, insult them, humiliate them, make their lives a living hell even to the point that they're suicidal. They aren't intelligent enough to grasp facts and logic. They're running entirely on emotions and their feelings. Well, fuck their feelings. This is war, period. Show these cunts absolutely no mercy. NONE.
This book will tell you how.
Election day is tomorrow. I wish more Republicans would read this book. I think back to all of the elections since 2008, and I see one thing all those loser Republicans had in common. They wilted in the face of criticism from the mainstream media and shitheads like "Aah." They stupidly apologized to the "offended" even though they hadn't actually committed any offenses at all.
Everything the left believes in is a lie. They believe that Republicans are racist Bible thumpers who hate women and other non-Americans. They believe that Republicans hate the poor and that all wealthy people are Republicans who want to steal money from the poor.
Their beliefs are, quite frankly, WRONG. And yet, by pushing this false narrative, a race-baiting piece of shit community organizer became President of the United States in 2008 and won re-election in 2012 (yes, there are clearly that many stupid people in this country).
We don't win by apologizing for things we didn't do. We don't win by presenting the facts to these morons either (the difference between dialetic and rhatoric is clearly explained in the book; leftists use rhetoric while Republicans keep trying to hammer them with facts and statistics...sadly, that does not work. It should, but it doesn't). Liberals, or SJWs (as far as I'm concerned, they're the same, but others on the right will disagree with me) are not interested in facts or logic. All they care about is EMOTION and their fucking FEELINGS. Boo hoo, Romney made me feel "unsafe" when he mentioned "binders full of women" (what he meant was "binders full of women's resumes" but by the time this simple little fact was pointed out, it was far too late, and the morons of this country rushed to vote for the idiotic community organizer). They set the terms of engagement...it is up to us to fight using their standards.
Fighting using their standards means utilizing rhetoric, and brutal rhetoric at that, against them - AND NEVER APOLOGIZING. This resonated with me more than anything. You apologize to these drug-addled sub-humans and all they do is double-down. To them, the apology is an admission of guilt. You may not intend it to be a confession or admission of guilt, but that's how they'll take it. They'll take that, wave your virtual scalp around and continue to harass you, because now, according to them, you're an admitted racist/sexist/homophobe/whatever.
Some people might complain about not wanting to lower themselves to their standards. I get that, but for years now, I've been saying that we need to fight fire with fire because that's the only language these fuckers know.
So my thing is, insult them, humiliate them, make their lives a living hell even to the point that they're suicidal. They aren't intelligent enough to grasp facts and logic. They're running entirely on emotions and their feelings. Well, fuck their feelings. This is war, period. Show these cunts absolutely no mercy. NONE.
This book will tell you how.
February 6, 2017
First off, I’d like to dedicate this review to an acquaintance named Ryan, who demonstrated a neighborly concern for my finances when he discovered I was reading this book.
“I truly hope you didn’t give that piece of shit money,” he said.
My response: “I have never been shy about my willingness to read anything by anyone, no matter the stigma attached to the author or subject.”
“I don’t mind you reading it. I just hope you didn’t pay for it.”
‘I don’t mind you reading it.’ That was big of him to permit my appraisal of this ‘problematic’ tome, wasn’t it? Typical SJW response. He said nothing of value in outlining his hatred for Vox Day, rather he responded with such vitriol in the hopes of currying favor with the countercultural overlords who supply his alcohol at a convention every November.
As such, I’m not too concerned with how peers might judge me for this review, because I’ve actually read the book while they treat it with the same icy contempt as a fundamental Christian would an Iron Maiden record in the 80’s. My first loyalty is with books, not literary cliques. Books by authors of every color, gender, inclination, religious or political persuasion, historical paradigm or fictional conceit. In short, the very same diversity they claim to embody.
I can’t find it within me to stigmatize a book that draws from resources as rich as Aristotle’s Rhetoric and lectures proffered by military strategists. Real men born for the battlefield.
This book also provides great examples of how detrimental the enforcement of diversity can be to not just a workplace, but a nation. Not because diversity is a bad idea in and of itself, but because it is unenforceable.
Aristotle once said “Before some audiences, not even the possession of the exactest knowledge will make it easy for what we say to produce conviction. For argument based on knowledge implies instruction, and there are people whom one cannot instruct.”
When you throw the words ‘misogynist’, ‘racist’ and ‘homophobe’ around every single day over anything from a statement taken out of context to a critic panning a movie or a work of fiction not having enough diversity, these words lose their meaning. You cry wolf enough times, guess what? People stop taking you seriously. It’s both sad and farcical that these significant words have entered the every day vernacular. You’re not responding to modern day events. You’re responding to history, and history doesn’t answer to you no matter how much you grit your teeth or stomp your feet.
I especially appreciated the satirical scenario Vox wrote in the middle of the book in which the SJW and the anti-SJW engage in a duel of honor, moderated by a fence sitter who kept giving the SJW extra shots because he couldn’t control the gun. Hilarious.
With all of this being said, I don’t share all of Vox’s convictions and don’t follow how he arrives at some of these conclusions, but even if I listed them, his detractors would only focus on the positives referenced above.
“I truly hope you didn’t give that piece of shit money,” he said.
My response: “I have never been shy about my willingness to read anything by anyone, no matter the stigma attached to the author or subject.”
“I don’t mind you reading it. I just hope you didn’t pay for it.”
‘I don’t mind you reading it.’ That was big of him to permit my appraisal of this ‘problematic’ tome, wasn’t it? Typical SJW response. He said nothing of value in outlining his hatred for Vox Day, rather he responded with such vitriol in the hopes of currying favor with the countercultural overlords who supply his alcohol at a convention every November.
As such, I’m not too concerned with how peers might judge me for this review, because I’ve actually read the book while they treat it with the same icy contempt as a fundamental Christian would an Iron Maiden record in the 80’s. My first loyalty is with books, not literary cliques. Books by authors of every color, gender, inclination, religious or political persuasion, historical paradigm or fictional conceit. In short, the very same diversity they claim to embody.
I can’t find it within me to stigmatize a book that draws from resources as rich as Aristotle’s Rhetoric and lectures proffered by military strategists. Real men born for the battlefield.
This book also provides great examples of how detrimental the enforcement of diversity can be to not just a workplace, but a nation. Not because diversity is a bad idea in and of itself, but because it is unenforceable.
Aristotle once said “Before some audiences, not even the possession of the exactest knowledge will make it easy for what we say to produce conviction. For argument based on knowledge implies instruction, and there are people whom one cannot instruct.”
When you throw the words ‘misogynist’, ‘racist’ and ‘homophobe’ around every single day over anything from a statement taken out of context to a critic panning a movie or a work of fiction not having enough diversity, these words lose their meaning. You cry wolf enough times, guess what? People stop taking you seriously. It’s both sad and farcical that these significant words have entered the every day vernacular. You’re not responding to modern day events. You’re responding to history, and history doesn’t answer to you no matter how much you grit your teeth or stomp your feet.
I especially appreciated the satirical scenario Vox wrote in the middle of the book in which the SJW and the anti-SJW engage in a duel of honor, moderated by a fence sitter who kept giving the SJW extra shots because he couldn’t control the gun. Hilarious.
With all of this being said, I don’t share all of Vox’s convictions and don’t follow how he arrives at some of these conclusions, but even if I listed them, his detractors would only focus on the positives referenced above.
January 3, 2016
This book is obligatory reading for anyone living in the Communist-plagued Western Civilization. Because they will come for you, when you least expect it. And if you read this book, you will be ready for them, and you will be thankful you did. Vox Day does a great job of summarizing how they think, how they act, and how to defend yourself against their attacks.
June 18, 2019
A book that gets deep into the weeds, settling old scores on Twitter and theorizing about its enemies' pathologies. I'm by no means an SJW but I was turned off by its humorless boorishness and radical posturing.
edit: my choice of final word in this short review has been refuted by history: Day is no posturing radical but a true one: a neo-nazi. He remains, somehow, a bore (/boor) in spite of this.
edit: my choice of final word in this short review has been refuted by history: Day is no posturing radical but a true one: a neo-nazi. He remains, somehow, a bore (/boor) in spite of this.
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