<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">On May 29, 2020, at 8:34 AM, Dave Sill <sparge@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 11:25 AM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Answer to Where does Robert Heinlein belong in the pantheon of science fiction writers? by Michael Barnard<br><a href="https://www.quora.com/Where-does-Robert-Heinlein-belong-in-the-pantheon-of-science-fiction-writers/answer/Michael-Barnard-14?ch=99&share=d13daba5&srid=3cPZk" target="_blank">https://www.quora.com/Where-does-Robert-Heinlein-belong-in-the-pantheon-of-science-fiction-writers/answer/Michael-Barnard-14?ch=99&share=d13daba5&srid=3cPZk</a></div><br>Sounds about right to me.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>"Heinlein is a Libertarian asshat and that’s clear in all of his books."</div><div><br></div><div>What exactly is a "Libertarian asshat"?</div><div><br></div><div>I'm not defending Heinlein's work or philosophy, but that seems rather dismissive.</div></div></div>
</div></blockquote><br><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I think he’s confusing libertarian with Ron Swanson.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Regards,</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Dan</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> Sample my Kindle books at:</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://author.to/DanUst</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>