<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><br></div><div>-Dave</div></div></div>