@virtuallyleslie I hang with neither. See, this is you being the kind of useful idiot I'm talking about.
Mindlessly parroting the defamation and lies of felons who have, literally and repeatedly, tried to get myself, my wife, and my parents killed.
Your judgement of character is abysmal.
@virtuallyleslie Your behavior towards myself and @Penprince_ this week has been deeply unprofessional, crossing over several times into being outright abusive.
And your new friends are literally on their stalking forums bragging about how easy it's been to manipulate and indoctrinate you.
@virtuallyleslie@Penprince_ For these reasons alone, I question your fitness to represent aspiring authors, especially when the social media landscape is so important to their promotion and career growth.
I'm not in an awkward place. But you ha e certainly wedged yourself into one.
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M'kay. To get everyone caught up on today's complete bullshit, this person spent the last few days cozying up to the criminal cult SWATTing my family, adopting their fake narrative, boosting their lies, until today they falsely accused me of being a sexual predator.
No, for real. They just outright falsely accused me of being a sexual predator. Then, after being challenged, they said they knew the accusation was a lie but said it anyway.
This is someone who works as a literary agent, representing other authors just like me.
When not making sexual predator accusations they knew to be false, they were RTing accounts run by the same criminals stalking my family.
"Sommerville Dan" is Daniel Mullen of MA. He runs a "podcast" dedicated to their campaign of criminal harassment against us.
Paul's foresight of the coming Fremen Jihad and his inability to prevent the avalanche of violence he's forced to set in motion is the WHOLE FUCKING POINT of Dune, Dune: Messiah, and Children of Dune.
The more powerful Paul becomes, the fewer choices he has.
Jesus tap dancing Christ. Who is writing these articles?
Paul is backed into a corner. He can save what's left of his family and watch his adopted army set fire to the known universe, or let his House die.
That's the choice his powers give him. And he chooses to live.
And he ultimately regrets that choice. He walks into the desert a blind hermit, only to emerge years later as a street crazy preaching against his legacy and cursing anyone who follows him.
I'm begging you not to let people who didn't read the books write about the books.
"Old" Star Trek doesn't look "Woke" today because the civil rights battles it fought were won so decisively, so overwhelmingly, that nobody questions if it was right or not anymore.
And in 50 years, the "Woke" Star Trek of today will seem just as tame and mundane.
But make no mistake. In the context of the time, og Star Trek was controversial As Fuck. A fully integrated senior crew with Russian, Asian, and black woman officers set in a future society evolved beyond money or material wealth?
In the 60's? Are you kidding me?
PLENTY of people thought Kirk and company were "forcing diversity" down their throats. PLENTY of people complained about the themes of racial, social, and economic justice. They just didn't have YouTube and Twitch channels.