[ajross]

> Of course politics should be out of the scope of a SciFi Con, any Con.

Right, because if there's anything that's been historically unimportant to the interpretation of literature, it's politics[1].

That seems ridiculous to me. Literature, and science fiction especially, has always been about telling interesting stories about the way people interact and consructing allegories to help us understand the real world. None of those facts change just because the story being told is something you don't agree with.

[1] Which in the sense we're using it isn't even strictly "politics" (i.e. things that pertain to the selection and operation of government). These are all issues of social change and conflict, which are to first approximation all any interesting literature is about.

[malfmalf]

REAL political issues and REAL politics discussion

If you want to discuss future dystopian alien governments or the racism against the Norbutis of Gahndlon , go ahead

[kentm]

Those fake alien governments and alien racism are metaphors for real governments and real racism.

[malfmalf]

And that's ok