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posted by cmn32480 on Monday August 24 2015, @02:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the white-males-have-enough-awards dept.

So, last night the SJW types over at the Hugo awards decided they'd rather burn the whole thing to the ground than give out an award based on what the readers like instead of social justice reasons:

The members of the World Science Fiction Society rejected the slate of finalists in five categories, giving No Award in Best Novella, Short Story, Related Work, Editor Short Form, and Editor Long Form. This equals the total number of times that WSFS members have presented No Award in the entire history of the Hugo Awards, most recently in 1977.

Here are a few of the people on the #SadPuppies slate that should be quite surprised to learn that they were denied a chance at an award for being white males when they wake up this morning: Rajnar Vajra, Larry Correia, Annie Bellet, Kary English, Toni Weisskopf, Ann Sowards, Megan Gray, Sheila Gilbert, Jennifer Brozek, Cedar Sanderson, and Amanda Green.

takyon: Here are in-depth explanations of the Hugo Awards controversy.

Previously: "Rightwing lobby has 'broken' Hugo awards" Says George R.R. Martin (240 comments)


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday August 24 2015, @05:03AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 24 2015, @05:03AM (#226861) Journal

    So, go back and read it all again. It has obviously gone over your head the first time.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 24 2015, @05:21AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 24 2015, @05:21AM (#226873)

    Ah, denial is so, so comforting. Like a warm, fuzzy blanket you can snuggle in.

    You know — crazy people never think they are crazy, its always everybody else that is off-base.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 24 2015, @08:06AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 24 2015, @08:06AM (#226916)

      You know it so well!

    • (Score: 2) by tibman on Monday August 24 2015, @02:37PM

      by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 24 2015, @02:37PM (#227032)

      Nah, denial burns like hot brass down the shirt. You can pretend it's not there and push through it but wow does it hurt.

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