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Post by primethefirst on May 20, 2023 1:52:54 GMT
John Carmack, co-creator of Doom, headlines an anti-woke sci-fi convention
BasedCon is a newer convention in the area of sci-fi and fantasy, with the first two held in 2021 and 2022. The creation of the convention seems to be in-line with a lot of recent talking points. Specifically the kind of cons that have “became increasingly dominated by a small clique of authoritarian jerks who made them into venues for pushing social justice dogma”. Most cons shut down any sort of opinion that doesn’t “align with progressive orthodoxy”. And the reason why they’ve made BasedCon is because of the hostility some authors have against “progressive dogma”. While they mention they’re not trying to push “any particular ideology”, they do however, mention they have some “based beliefs”. Such as:
Men cannot give birth
Guns don’t kill people; people kill people
A fetus is a human being
Socialism has failed everywhere it’s been tried
Discriminating against white people is racism
checkpointgaming.net/news/2023/05/john-carmack-co-creator-of-doom-headlines-an-anti-woke-sci-fi-convention/ |
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Post by thekindercarebear on May 20, 2023 1:54:05 GMT
P-)
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Post by PaulsLaugh on May 20, 2023 2:12:49 GMT
Men cannot give birth
In science fiction, yes they can.  Guns don’t kill people; people kill people. But guns are big hunks of metal without the people pulling the trigger…or in this case laser triggers.  A fetus is a human beingTell that horror film directors.  Socialism has failed everywhere it’s been tried. Except in Star Trek where it is doing quite well. It’s not unlike Sweden.  Discriminating against white people is racism. Of course, but when have any white people been discriminated against in science fiction?  This isn’t an anti-woke science fiction convention, it’s a Red MAGA rally complete with a manifesto. 
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Post by OldSamVimes on May 20, 2023 2:15:35 GMT
That's all we need.. a convention of people who know what their gender is.
What's this world coming to?
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Post by Shave Dat Beaver! on May 20, 2023 2:16:26 GMT
It's nice to know that The Doomslayer won't be pussified anytime soon.
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Post by PaulsLaugh on May 20, 2023 2:16:45 GMT
Why don’t the call it Con Con?
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Post by PaulsLaugh on May 20, 2023 2:17:23 GMT
It's nice to know that The Doomslayer won't be pussified anytime soon. Yeah, you want rub it off to him as is. |
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Post by PaulsLaugh on May 20, 2023 2:19:43 GMT
That's all we need.. a convention of people who know what their gender is. What's this world coming to? ![[laugh]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/kPFtBpkwzwpFTaSmbFWI.gif) How can you tell the sex of people at the real comi-cons? You go around smelling people?  |
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Post by Shave Dat Beaver! on May 20, 2023 2:20:03 GMT
It's nice to know that The Doomslayer won't be pussified anytime soon. Yeah, you want rub it off to him as is. ^ she says as she rolls her dried-up old bean while switching to the plasma rifle... |
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Post by PaulsLaugh on May 20, 2023 2:22:02 GMT
Yeah, you want rub it off to him as is. ^ she says as she rolls her dried-up old bean while switching to the plasma rifle... Look at the shadow he casts.  |
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Post by jackspicer on May 20, 2023 2:42:59 GMT
Just 'co-creator'? He was the lead developer of Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Commander Keen. John Carmack is a god.
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Post by PresArvid47 on May 20, 2023 3:21:35 GMT
John Carmack, co-creator of Doom, headlines an anti-woke sci-fi convention
BasedCon is a newer convention in the area of sci-fi and fantasy, with the first two held in 2021 and 2022. The creation of the convention seems to be in-line with a lot of recent talking points. Specifically the kind of cons that have “became increasingly dominated by a small clique of authoritarian jerks who made them into venues for pushing social justice dogma”. Most cons shut down any sort of opinion that doesn’t “align with progressive orthodoxy”. And the reason why they’ve made BasedCon is because of the hostility some authors have against “progressive dogma”. While they mention they’re not trying to push “any particular ideology”, they do however, mention they have some “based beliefs”. Such as:
Men cannot give birth
Guns don’t kill people; people kill people
A fetus is a human being
Socialism has failed everywhere it’s been tried
Discriminating against white people is racism
checkpointgaming.net/news/2023/05/john-carmack-co-creator-of-doom-headlines-an-anti-woke-sci-fi-convention/they should have called it Heinlein Con as Robert A. Heinlein was pretty damn conservative. |
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Post by papamihel on May 20, 2023 3:22:04 GMT
I doubt many successful writers would attend whatever their political views might be.
That'd be bad for book sells.
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Post by dlancer on May 20, 2023 3:42:44 GMT
I'll bet all attendees were first in line to see all the Disney Star Wars movies.
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Post by Meseia on May 20, 2023 4:42:14 GMT
GenX Strikes Back
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