Has anyone had ever been kicked out of SFWA before?
It occurred to me as I read the comments about Amal El-Mohtar’s call for the expulsion of Theodore Beale to wonder if this would be a first? No one I asked could think of a prior example.
The only membership controversy anyone remembered involved a proposal to give Stanislaw Lem an honorary membership, an entirely different issue.
At the least, this must be a very rare case in the history of SFWA.
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Some details on the Lem Affair: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem#SFWA_controversy
SFWA has circumspectly acknowledged the “concerns” expressed about a nameless member.
Here’s a possible response for the SFWA board:
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
-attributed to Voltaire
Not very PC, but still I like it……