I certainly never said "affirmative action". It is one of those phrases that, while I understand what it means, makes me immediately question the motivations of the person saying it because it is so often used in specious arguments.
I think you mean to say that I'm right-wing. We can use "positive discrimination", if you prefer.
I said some, but not all of those things. If you want to make these statements yourself, that's your choice, but don't claim that I made statements that I didn't.
I figured that this was apparent from my quoteblock of your post, right above my own post.
3. "does not encourage "opinion nullification" / general political behaviour"
I'm going to be honest, I have no idea what you're referring to here.
What is opinion nullification?
--Are you saying that your opinion is somehow being suppressed here?
No, it's a curious phrase from a previous poster. It's not aimed at Escape Artists in general. No, I don't, you guys are being fair.
What is general political behavior?
--Do you honestly think that your contributions here have been not-political? IMO, the only political parts of Artemis Rising have been complaints about its concept.
No I don't. It's an inevitably and inherently political topic.
If your honest opinion is that making a month of positive gender-discrimination is apolitical, and "the only political parts" to this are those who express dissent to this idea, then I don't agree, no. The concept of the month is inherently political.
Blind submissions are also political. Groups which some people would call "right-wing" or "libertarian" often advocate for it, in fx. university admissions and job interviews.
Nonetheless, I would argue that blind, meritocratic submissions are inherently more politically neutral than identity or group discrimination, one way or the other. "Blind" and "Fair" are synonyms for a reason. Bias, like discrimination, literally means the opposite.
I have already said that ESCAPE POD ALREADY DOES THIS. It's right in Escape Pod's guidelines. A big deal hasn't been made about it on the show, but ESCAPE POD ALREADY DOES THIS. You're preaching to the choir on this point, at least.
That's great. I misread your "My own slushpile" phrasing to imply that there are other Escape Artist reviewers who are not reviewing blind. If that is not the case, mea culpa.
May I ask:
I don't have solid numbers about the demographics of the submitters, but of the stories accepted 14 of the 25 were written by women with the name of the author not being a factor in the actual choices.
If the current default of blind submission results in such a high female:male ratio, at what point is discrimination no longer necessary?