MoonFail is about to go viral.

I interviewed Elizabeth Moon this morning and will be writing up a story about this affair for my Sunday paper. It will then be available via the Associated Press.

Lou Antonelli
Managing Editor
Mount Pleasant (Tx.) Daily Tribune
Member, SFWA

*hunkers down, like a jackass in a hail storm*

It's a go! We have achieved clusterf*ck! I repeat, clusterf*ck is now available for viewing on SF3's uninviting-Elizabeth-Moon post. And the Islamophobes are out in their quaint and colorful costumes, a-stinkin' up the joint with their witty banter:

Given a pioneering woman author who exactly fits the group's mission, versus a group of faux-aggrieved shit-stirrers who fear and loathe their women so much that wives must stay covered lest they be beaten, which side do you choose?

DAYUM! I have WOMEN! HO THERE! BRING ME WINE, WENCH. *cackles*

Assholes.

Well. It seems that WisCon's parent organization has uninvited Elizabeth Moon. Better late than not at all.

This makes more sense than you do. Can the weasel.

Thank you for your attention.

From Nisi Shawl (the other WisCon Guest of Honor), who has spoken to Moon. Please read, for she is wonderful. :)

I agree with nojojojo's excellent post. She analyzes a complex and painful situation beautifully.

The sooner Moon declines the invitation to be Guest of Honor the better.

Is it me, or is "MoonFail" almost too poetic a term for this hot mess?

The WisCon concom has decided not to rescind their invitation to Elizabeth Moon to be Guest of Honor at next year's con.

Even though we strongly disavow these elements of Ms. Moon's post, we have not rescinded her invitation to be a Guest of Honor, nor do we plan to do so. The WisCon planning committee selected Ms. Moon earlier this year based on her past work and our feeling that she would make a positive contribution to WisCon. After extensive conversation in recent days, and having spoken directly with Ms. Moon on the subject, we continue to believe that her presence will contribute to the Con.

I'm not sure what this person can bring in the way of positive contributions to the con, given that her attitudes seem antithetical to WisCon's stated goals. If the concom have in mind frank discussions about the rising tide of Islamophobia and xenophobia in this country, that's wonderful, but Ms. Moon's presence isn't necessary in order to have them. I'm getting that familiar ticking-time-bomb feeling. I don't like the idea of anyone being silenced, even rabid xenophobes, but surely she has plenty of blogspace and Tea Party rallies in which to express herself.

I have heard about plans to stage a walk-out of Ms. Moon's GoH speech. I like that idea as a demonstration of principle, but if the organizers think that this will cause Ms. Moon to reconsider her bigotry, I'm afraid they'll be disappointed. Ms. Moon's language suggests to me that her xenophobia is long-held and deeply entrenched. Other people's opinions are likely to be completely irrelevant to her.

At any rate, WisCon 35 won't be boring.

Elizabeth Moon (of "Muslims believe stuff that unfits them for citizenship" fame) is slated to be the Guest of Honor at WisCon.

Yeah, that was my reaction.

In view of this development, nihilistic_kid has a few panel suggestions.

*cackles*

ETA: And she's deleted all the comments. Attagirl. Classy. Here's a cap from last night.