Yeah, it was pretty deplorable. I don't know Moon, I've never read any of her books, and I have zero personal investment in whether or not she alienates all of Wiscon for all time.

But it was tremendously hard to see people that I know apparently not having concerns with what she wrote. I mean, the very first comment on that thread was from a guy I knew from Usenet circles. His response to an ugly Islamophobic posting? He says, (I'm paraphrasing), "hey, I like what yer saying about civic morality; we Americans are the best when it comes to that!"

Now, I've met this guy. I think he's nice guy and all. And yet he has nothing to say about the big bundle of fail he just witnessed? Instead, he gets all chuffed about how great it is that Americans care about their country? Without noticing that those very things he's praising lead her right to an anti-Muslim rant? What the hell?

That's a bit hard to swallow.