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I was reading the posts sparked off by the Elizabeth Moon thing, or at least the ones that deepad collected here, and had this thought while reading this one.
From the post:
So we have a science fiction writer, active enough in the community thereof to get a GOH invitation to a major con, extolling the virtues of conformity.
Gee, I hope she has never been treated poorly for reading that sci-fi stuff. Because, you know, in some times and places, that kind of behaviour creates friction, distrust, and dislike.
But I can hear it now: oh, that's different! Those are just things bullies did!
Yes. Those are the things bullies do.
But it's not so different, really.
The inability of people to extrapolate both amazes and depresses me.
(Posted here because honestly it would be a derail from any of the excellent posts about actual experience with immigration, assimilation, racism, living as a Muslim, and other actually relevant comments on the whole thing. Those are better reading than a brief moment of mocking the hypocrite.)
From the post:
Whether a group changes its core behaviors and values after immigration or not, it must--to be assimilated later--come to understand the culture into which it has moved. To get along, it must try not to do those things which will, sure as eggs is eggs, create friction, distrust, and dislike. (Emphasis mine)
Hear that? If you're different, stop it. Do your level best to be the same as everybody else.
So we have a science fiction writer, active enough in the community thereof to get a GOH invitation to a major con, extolling the virtues of conformity.
Gee, I hope she has never been treated poorly for reading that sci-fi stuff. Because, you know, in some times and places, that kind of behaviour creates friction, distrust, and dislike.
But I can hear it now: oh, that's different! Those are just things bullies did!
Yes. Those are the things bullies do.
But it's not so different, really.
The inability of people to extrapolate both amazes and depresses me.
(Posted here because honestly it would be a derail from any of the excellent posts about actual experience with immigration, assimilation, racism, living as a Muslim, and other actually relevant comments on the whole thing. Those are better reading than a brief moment of mocking the hypocrite.)
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