I fear we’re moving to a sort of neo-Darwinism: survival of the whiniest. They seem to believe that one offended person-whether or not an offense has actually been committed-is more important than our creative freedom, or indeed, the creative freedom of the entire artistic community. We really appreciate our watchdogs!īut I’m kind of scared by the number of permanently “offended” groups who think their needs trump all others. We don’t want a minor distraction to interfere with our purpose-which is to share information about the writing business in a straightforward, lighthearted, encouraging way.īut the complaints are getting more frequent, and we’re beginning to feel a little battered.I’m not talking about our helpful readers who point out typos, errors and broken links-we’re sincerely grateful for that kind of help, and we never pretend to be infallible. Ruth and I often get requests to censor our posts when a word or link or piece of news has offended somebody.
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