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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Cards Article Response


After reading Cards views on gays I was surprised  the upcoming movie Ender's Game might not be shown to the public because of Cards Controversial words toward gay people.  Everybody has the right to their own opinion, but when you use your fame to express your believes then it's pretty bad.  A lot of people who look up to Card might try to be like Card and say the same hurtful things he does.  The worse thing about cards posts and speeches is that he doesn't have very good arguments or reasons to discriminate gay people.  Regardless of all he has said I think people are over reacting.
I usually don't like comparing someone’s professional life to their personal life, but card has brought his personal views affect his profession.  His views aren't affecting what I think of his book, but it affects what I think about him.  Card is Mormon and in the Mormon religion it's normal to dislike gays.  As Card discriminates gay's you are discriminating Mormonism and Mormons when you threaten to boycott and rage about his books and movie.  In his book Card doesn't sneak in what he feels about gays at all.  The books not offensive, so why discontinue reading it.  Mr. Vack should not discontinue his class from reading this book, but when you buy his book you're giving Card money.  Most people wouldn't want to support someone they don't like, but Mr. Vack has already bought those books.  Don't think of it like your supporting his views on gay people when you buy his books, but that you're supporting his writing.  All this talk about Card's opinion has made it national news and news companies and blogs are all talking about it and spreading the word about Card.  If you don't want to hear his opinion then don't share what he says to other people and put him in the limelight because you will just hear it again when you read the news paper or watch a news channel.  Now the angry crowd his wondering if they should boycott the movie.  Card is trying to make gay people upset and that's the reaction he gets when people let it get to them.  Card is not the only person that is against gays.  He isn't the one that decides what gays can and cannot do.  The politicians are the ones that decide that stuff.  Right now there are plenty of states and countries that don't allow gay marriage and if they’re going to boycott card's movie then shouldn't they also not pay state taxes?If I were to buy one of Card's books that money wouldn't all go to him.  There are innocent publishers and editors and their families that get negatively affected to. It's not fair to punish a group a people just because one person his doing something wrong. Even though it sounds like I'm supporting Card and disagreeing with peoples protests I still am strongly against his opinion towards gay people, but I am not against his writing, his editors, and publishers.

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