Boycotting Indiana

Understand that I generally do not support boycotts.

I suppose that stems from the many knee jerk reactions that various fans have had when I said something they disliked and they announced that they were going to boycott my work, even though my work doesn’t reflect my views. Like the time that I worked on a video game that was associated with Orson Scott Card and gays were declaring I should be boycotted even though I was getting an award from GLAAD at the same time for my comic books.

Mostly I feel that boycotts needlessly punish the wrong people. You dislike Mel Gibson so you refuse to go to his movies, except the ones who are suffering are not Gibson but the movie theater owners.

But seriously: Indiana? WTF?

I can’t in good conscience attend any functions in a state that endorses discrimination in such an overt manner (although the governor apparently can’t actually admit it.) I’ve been to conventions in Indianapolis and such, but sorry, no more. I’m out until they repeal this idiotic law.

PAD