Survivor Appendix E (5e) Authors- Ursula K. LeGWINS!

Ralif Redhammer said:

I can see where you’re coming from, but I disagree. No progress was ever made on human rights issues by giving someone a free pass on their problematic attitudes. Civil Rights, Women's Rights, these aren't things that just began with the modern era.

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Sacrosanct said:

As an aside, am I the only one who sort of rolls my eyes whenever I see people accuse long dead authors of being sexists and/or racists based on modern day standards?

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Mallus said:

Alexander, Lloyd 23
Cook, Glen 20
Jemisin, N.K. 18
Kay, Guy Gavriel 20
LeGuin, Ursula 20
Lynch, Scott 19
McKillip, Patricia 21
Peake, Mervyn 11
Pratchett, Terry 20
Sanderson, Brandon 2
Wolfe, Gene 19

edit: I gotta say, most of the remaining list is quality. Also, should Pratchett being 21??

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Parmandur said:

Yup, my bad, focused on formatting and forgot to finish the math.

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Sacrosanct said:

I don't think it's necessarily a free pass, but to be judged on an equitable and fair platform. For example, do you eat meat? Buy clothing from the store? Let's say 100 years from now the idea of raising living animals just to eat is abhorrent. Or that anyone who ever owned clothing made from sweatshops was a horrible person. Do you think it's fair for people 100 years from now to say you're a horrible person because you do those things now, when it's the norm and socially acceptable? Especially since maybe by today's standards, you're actually one of the more aware people who tries not to eat factory farmed meat and buy your clothes that were made in sweat shops?

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Sacrosanct said:

Again, I'm not saying none of these authors were sexists or racists, but how did their views compare during the time of the writing?

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