Sad Puppies Is More than Vox Day

So the latest meme from the Traditional Hugo Voting Bloc seems to be that the Sad Puppies movement is all about Vox Day, and Vox Day is evil, therefore Sad Puppies is evil. This is an absolutely spurious line of reasoning with no basis in logic and fact. Yes, Vox Day is affiliated with our movement, but that doesn't mean we agree with everything he says. Unlike our opponents, the Sad Puppies do not march in lockstep, we do not respond to the commands of the Secret Masters of Fandom, and we tolerate dissent within our ranks.

The whole anti-Day attitude reminds me of the way liberals treat fascism. The fascist movement of the 1930s and '40s was highly diverse, spanning the spectrum from Tojo to Franco--Franco who became an ally of the United States after the war, proving that he could not possibly be the bad guy that so many leftists make him out to be. One of our supporters, Sarah Hoyt, lived in Portugal under their supposedly evil, fascist regime, and she says it was a great place to be. But what do we hear about fascism today?

Hitler! Hitler! Hitler!

All the great things Franco and Mussolini accomplished don't count simply because they associated with Hitler. They never get judged on their own. A great man like Vidkun Quisling is forever tarnished by Hitler and never allowed to assume his rightful place amongst the greats of Norwegian history. If you ever try to point out that fascism had plenty of good points to it, liberals will reflexively respond, "Oh yeah, but Hitler," as though that settles the matter.

And now we see liberals trying to do the same thing with Sad Puppies, marginalizing our real goals by focusing on Vox Day and how "evil" he is. No matter how much we talk about how Sad Puppies want to revolutionize the predominant paradigm of SF literature, they just come back with, "Yeah, but Vox Day."

Stop changing the subject! We're here to make the Hugo awards more representative of SF literature as it should. We're not interested in engaging in a political debate with you. The time for discussion is over, liberals. You've refused to engage with us before now, and now it's too late. If you continue to resist, this is going to turn into HugoGate, and we'll bring in the big guns like Adam Baldwin and 4chan, and then you'll regret it. So stop trying to bully us with this Vox Day nonsense and do what we tell you.