Despite our inclusion of token minorities on our slate, many critics of the Sad Puppies movement continue to claim that we are motivated by race. To prove this is not so, the Central Committee has voted unanimously to show our support for the imprisoned Chinese dissident author Mamare Touno. Touno has been charged the violation of that most barbaric of all laws, the income tax.
The right of individuals to possess money and property without interference by the government is the most fundamental of all, above even the rights to speech and religion. The government's expropriation of our possessions is a vile atrocity (one that, sadly, the United States commits all too frequently). We applaud Touno for his brave stand against despotism. We call upon our brothers around the world to show solidarity by withholding their own incomes from their government. We call upon our readers to show support for Touno by buying his novel Log Horizon when it's released in English next week. And we call upon Barack Obama to grant Touno political asylum -- the government should provide him with a free plane ticket to the US and a place to stay once he gets here, with free English lessons to help him get on his feet. And most of all, we call upon everyone, friend and enemy alike, to pray unto Our Lord Heinlein for Touno's protection in this time of hardship.
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