Young questions the conservative label for the comparison's proponents
Isaac YoungScience-fiction and fantasy author; Malfoid fiction writer
Young questions Emily's description of the comparison's proponents as conservatives.
“Who said we were Conservatives?”
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Malfoid for the Nobel? Was the Anne Carson comparison fair?
Isaac Young and David Bone argued that Malfoid fan-fiction writers surpassed the Anne Carson excerpts shared after her Nobel win. Young maintained the relative comparison; Laurence Thompson mocked it. The dispute is whether the comparison fairly challenges her literary reputation and the award recognizing her body of work.
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Young responds to Emily's political description of the comparison's proponents.
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Emily quotes Young and criticizes his comparative assessment of fan fiction and poetry.
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Emily describes the comparison as an opinion of conservatives in a post quoting Young.
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Young questions that political description in a direct reply to Emily.
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Why this label?
The case concerns the Malfoid-versus-Carson comparison. In this reply, Young challenges the political description of its proponents. The response concerns how the comparison is characterized.
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More from this case
Read the full caseLaurence Thompson mocks the Malfoid Nobel comparison
“Also the right-wing: This AI-generated anime slop about a female Draco Malfoy should win the Nobel Prize for Literature.”Read statement
AdequateEmily criticizes the Malfoid comparison
“it’s just as sad as when tumblr argued it, but definitely funnier.”Read statement
David Bone backs the comparison with Carson's excerpts
“Even the poorer quality Malfoid fan fictions were miles better than this.”Read statement
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