So it’s been announced that noted author Terry Goodkind has died. For those who haven’t read his books, they were a fantasy series which included a heavy dose of objectivism and libertarianism as well. He was very unabashedly pushing an agenda of “government bad, rise up and live your life in freedom and do what you want to do, you can succeed without government”, and with the news that he has died, a shitton of leftists on Reddit have come crawling out of the woodwork to shit on the man.
It’s actually kinda sickening to watch so many people come out and attack him barely 24 hours after his death and mischaracterise his work as well. There’ll be outright lies of “oh, his books say fuck the poor, only the rich are worthwhile” and similar stuff, and yet reading them, it’s pretty obvious that he very much goes for the complete opposite of general leftist policy and believes that everyone has a chance to succeed if they just apply themselves. Yes, he did some hackneyed writing and relied on one too many dei ex machinis at times, which is fair game for critique, but it’s saddening watching the circlejerk of “I hate his books because they preach that we shouldn’t be reliant on government” begin in real time.
Anyway, rant over.
They turned on J.K so fast you'd have thought she advocated genocide... actually a few of their heroes do that.
You'd have thought she tried to burn down a court house- wait, damn...
Okay, I can do this.
You'd have thought she made a movie about eleven year olds twerking and sucking on their fingers- oh, for fuck sake.
You'd have thought she destroyed the contents of an e-mail server she had been subpoenaed to provide- fuck it I give up. I need a drink.
It really is amazing how quickly they turned on someone they themselves made into a hero and fellated for a decade.
Its also funny how quickly they go full Death of the Author when its something they love, but if a badthinker made something we like the work itself is anathema.
They also realized that trannies has usurped them as the top of the totem pole of oppressed. Oppression is all feminists had, so this could not stand.
Ironically it makes them temporary non-enemies because the Intersectional movement is far more powerful and a threat than TERFs. But we can never forget they will be enemies still on the far end.