Current Events > Dilemma: You write a bestseller but know it will spread hatred and bigotry

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You write a novel about a hero having an adventure and overcoming adversity and are trying to get it published.

When you get a vision into the future and learn that Tim Pool, Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro, Belle Delphine, Stefan Molyneux, Candace Owens and Kevin Sorbo all jump on it and promote it claiming the entire story is a secretly metaphor for family values/loving God/the American way and how it's been lost due to the radical new generation.

The whole thing is a blatant giant dogwhistle for racism, misogyny and trans/homophobia.

None of this was your intention and you don't understand how they are seeing this from your work but this results in a HUUUUUUUUUUGE uptick in book sales, they can't print your novel fast enough. However also results in a string of violent crimes, hate crimes, assaults, aggression against women, anti gay protests, bigoted rhetoric being spread in person and online.

All of which has been inspired by your novel. It becomes the centerpiece of spreading vitrol, pain and hatred across the world. Like The Bell Curve meeting The Catcher in the Rye

It also makes you millions of dollars and as famous as JK Rowling or George RR Martin. Although the bulk of your fanbase are nutcases, loud nutcases.



How do you react?

Knowing this would happen, would you still release it?

Nothing technically was your fault directly. All you did was write the book. How people interpt it and act is not under your control

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Sell out. Hard.

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Not your fault that people interoperate a book a certain way unless you did so on purpose. The writer can always correct this with telling what the inspiration was and course correct what the novel is actually about.

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RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...

Not your fault that people interoperate a book a certain way unless you did so on purpose. The writer can always correct this with telling what the inspiration was and course correct what the novel is actually about.

You can tell yourself that, but the more you deny it the more the followers will think you really mean what they believe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HB7zqP9QNo

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UnfairRepresent posted...

You write a novel about a hero having an adventure and overcoming adversity and are trying to get it published.

When you get a vision into the future and learn that Tim Pool, Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro, Belle Delphine, Stefan Molyneux, Candace Owens and Kevin Sorbo all jump on it and promote it claiming the entire story is a secretly metaphor for family values/loving God/the American way and how it's been lost due to the radical new generation.

The whole thing is a blatant giant dogwhistle for racism, misogyny and trans/homophobia.

But the protagonist of the story I'm working on isn't white.

No. Karma and guilt would come for me.

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Stupid people can believe what they want then, the truth is out there.


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I haven't done my job if those freaks think my work is amenable to their cause

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Cash money

gimme da loot i'm a bad boy

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What if I made the protagonist a black transgender lesbian who's fighting against the systemic oppression in our society?

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Mareen posted...

What if I made the protagonist a black transgender lesbian who's fighting against the systemic oppression in our society?

Then they would probably think it was intended satirically

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Mareen posted...

What if I made the protagonist a black transgender lesbian who's fighting against the systemic oppression in our society?

They'd interpret it as metaphorical

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i'd only write under a pseudonym so fuck it, they're gonna latch onto something stupid either way so why not let the dumbasses give me their money. maybe i'll start a charity with it that'll really fuck with their head, like 'racist dog whistle book series hero' scholarship for dreamer children.

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History needs villains. Sure, I'll do it.

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Just put in an author's note. It's not that hard. Even if people want to interpret it another way, that's on them. You can't let anyone stifle your soul.

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Why'd you have to go and ruin my millions by giving me foresight? Now I'm aware of the effect that I cause, and so I have gained the burden of responsibility!

God damn you, @UnfairRepresent !

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monkmith posted...

i'd only write under a pseudonym so fuck it, they're gonna latch onto something stupid either way so why not let the dumbasses give me their money. maybe i'll start a charity with it that'll really fuck with their head, like 'racist dog whistle book series hero' scholarship for dreamer children.

lol they'd eat that up

Just like how they got off to being "Deplorables"

They'd think you're taking the piss and become even more vigorous and agggressive

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UnfairRepresent posted...

lol they'd eat that up

Just like how they got off to being "Deplorables"

They'd think you're taking the piss and become even more vigorous and agggressive

so they'd buy more of my books and let me dump more and more money into the charities? i'm not seeing the downside yet. its not like they wouldnt find some other topic to turn into a symbol of racism, they've done it with frog memes and hand signs after all, at least this way their racist money would be going to a good cause and my wallet.

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JK Rowling "donated money to charities" she also reignited the flame for a second age of TERF fire

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UnfairRepresent posted...

JK Rowling "donated money to charities" she also reignited the flame for a second age of TERF fire

yeah, by being a hateful bitch publicly. that's pretty much the opposite of your scenario, where the hateful crap wasn't intended at all.

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Not my problem.

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I would burn the book.

Then I would try to learn how to control my new power.

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That's my audience.

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monkmith posted...

yeah, by being a hateful bitch publicly. that's pretty much the opposite of your scenario, where the hateful crap wasn't intended at all.

maybe but the point is "donating to charity " isn't the pallet cleanser you think it is

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I would sell it, but then tell the fanbase they are morons after it becoming a hit.

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