Sci-Fi Author John C. Wright takes down a belligerent reviewer in style :
The thrilling conclusion:
An interviewer once asked me if my Christianity or my political philosophy would offend readers, by which he meant readers to the Left of Center. I answered that since such readers get offended at plain, ordinary and decent things like heroism, romance and marriage, I have no need to expend effort to offend them with more abstract or topical questions.
Read the whole thing. It’s chortle-worthy.
Hat-tip to Mark Shea .
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