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Originally Posted by ardeegee
I don't think that the two things are separable. Look at the fact that some of the most popular SF writers today are also prolific bloggers with large followings-- Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross, John Scalzi, and Peter Watts, for examples. People go out of their way to support and defend those writers because they agree with their ideas and opinions, not just because they spin a good yarn. If you want the support of the (generally) liberal and tech-savvy SF audience, then loudly and constantly lobbying for Big Brother to control the internet is absolutely the worst possible thing to do.
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I don't even know the opinions of most of the authors I read. The only one who I decided to stop reading because of his opinions/behavior was L. Ron Hubbard, and I don't think I've read him since I was 15 or so (~ 25 years ago).
Someone expressing an opinion I don't like is only an issue if the person is a columnist (in which case that's what they're writing about) or if, like Elron, they actually have
actions that I find deplorable. But liberal or conservative doesn't bother me in a fiction writer.
Of course, it's been a while since I've been into sci-fi. Maybe they're a different lot.