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“They’re slaughtering women and children.” “Don’t bring politics into this.”

The phrase “studied on leftist teachings,” as if it’s some kind of religion or cultist ideology, undercuts your claim.

The ability to entertain an idea without adopting it, intelligence, curiosity, and knowledge are inimical to ideological purity.

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32% were in favor of this regime. 37% were indifferent. Only 31% voted against.

So closer to 70% of people.

Why does the number of pages matter?

Please publish in a peer-review context so you can get some recognition/feedback/evaluation of your research.

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Friendly reminder that no reasonable argument exists for most drug-prohibitions, drug addiction is a disease, and the whole system is a pretense for control over your bodily autonomy.

Faptivism

You’re very confusing. All I said was that Mistborn is badly written, which is objectively true. The statement was a shibboleth for people who love books.

Do you realize how entitled it is to expect a detailed explanation for why Mistborn, Twilight, and a stack of fart jokes aren’t the height of literature?

What’s next, I say the sky is blue and you tell me to prove it? Go outside. Look up. Behold.

A) I could do that, as I already said, yes.

B) I’m glad you enjoyed Mistborn. I enjoy frozen pizza. Is it culinary art? No, and I’m not writing an essay to explain why. Just try some other food and then reflect on your experiences.

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Even if I explained in painstaking detail how Sanderson mixes metaphors or fumbles diction, what’s the point?

Honestly, go read a few thousand books, then revisit Mistborn and see for yourself. Or maybe make friends with a literature professor and ask them to explain it to you using tiny words.

Nah, I love lots of popular things. But I can also separate my personal enjoyment of something from its inherent quality.

Mistborn’s actual plot is fun! I enjoyed it. That said, the books are very poorly written. Everything from the characterization to the style is objectively bad. Brandon Sanderson is not intellectually gifted or well-read or emotionally intelligent, etc, and that impedes his writing ability.

Would you say “How I Met Your Mother” is some incredibly well written work of art? Come on, it’s one iota removed from fart jokes.

Regardless of how you feel about the author, Harry Potter is not poorly written.

I’m not denying that Brandon Sanderson sells a lot of books, which is what those lists track. His aggressive mediocrity is, in many ways, precisely why he’s on those lists.

A book series so poorly written, you’ll never believe the author did so on purpose.

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