[red rocket]

I've noticed that there are people who feel that fiction needs to be politically correct. An utterly asinine position to take, at least that's what I reckon.

For example, I've just been banned again from "The Forum" (formerly "Stile Project Forum" or "spf"), and although no explanation was given, the deletion of a short story I posted in the "Writers Craft" sub-forum makes the reason quite clear.

I own quite a few books. There are murderers in a lot of the books, rapists, witches, chauvinist pigs, terrorists, Nazis, religious maniacs, racists, etc., all of whom have one thing in common:

They're fictional characters. Even if you don't like what they say or do, they can't actually jump out of the book and kill you.

So, the way I see it, fictional characters in stories can be as politically incorrect as the author likes, in fact I think the more extreme and politically incorrect the characters are, the better it tends to be for the story, in general.

[Dakar²]

Whoever these people are, just slap them.

[vmarks]

Thank you for not linking to the forum.

I think it is interesting that they, of all people would have a problem with non-PC writings.

Ultimately, I think you have to ask yourself why you write, and for whom you write.

It is apparently not the spf. Perhaps it's the fiction section of kuro5hin.org ?

[Doofy]

The poll is flawed. The real question is: Should anyone have to worry about political correctness?

[Chuckit]

Well, there is a difference between writing politically incorrect characters and writing a book that encourages Holocaust denial. I mean, either one should be allowable in my eyes, but I can see why somebody might object to the latter kind of politically incorrect fiction.

[Atomic Rooster]

Which holocaust?

[red rocket]

Originally Posted by vmarks

Thank you for not linking to the forum.

I think it is interesting that they, of all people would have a problem with non-PC writings.

Ultimately, I think you have to ask yourself why you write, and for whom you write.

It is apparently not the spf. Perhaps it's the fiction section of kuro5hin.org ?

Almost felt like spamming just bringing the place up.

Either way, boards change. When I was posting a series of similar material back in 2002, it was well received. I knew that the spf had gone down the drain since, but on the other hand, the torture.net spinoff boards I used to frequent are all pretty much dead by now, so there seems to be little choice.

kuro5hin isn't a bad idea, actually. I've had an account there for years, but never posted much.

[vmarks]

Spamming a forum or site is more of the advertisement -for- it.

Try posting at kuro5hin. first of all, they have diaries, so you aren't likely to have stuff deleted there (I think - it's been years since I've posted there as well.) Secondly, they can vote your writing up or down, and it's more tyranny by majority than a single moderator. (Not spamming for kuro5hin here, it just seems like it's a more appropriate place than forum/torture, and definitely more appropriate than macnn, where we frown on folks using it as a blog.)

As I say, find your audience. Where you were, wasn't it.