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When the topic comes up I like to point out Heinlein was writing StrangerInAStrangeLand , a book some called "The Hippie Bible", at the SAME TIME he was writing Starship Troopers. (en.wikipedia.org)

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When the topic comes up I like to point out Heinlein was writing StrangerInAStrangeLand , a book some called "The Hippie Bible", at the SAME TIME he was writing Starship Troopers.

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[–] MathiasTCK 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We don't really to have to infer though, Heinlein was an outspoken activist outside of his fiction, ran for office, etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein#Views

[–] fjordbasa 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why did you reply to yourself several times? That’s probably why folks think this is a bot post. That’s not unusual for a bot to do- pulling posts and comments from somewhere else; actual humans tend to reply to people’s comments rather than their own

[–] MathiasTCK 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Context is here:

https://lemmy.world/comment/12118240

I've made the same points in many similar social media discussions. A bunch when people declared the Starship Troopers Movie wasn't satire.

I could have combined the replies to 1, but then they would exceed the character limit if I want to copy paste them elsewhere.

It's handy that the reply char limit in some places is same or smaller than the title of a post limit elsewhere.

[–] MathiasTCK 1 points 2 months ago

I did the same thing recently, exported tweets, but sent it to my subreddit instead. Still working out what to send where :)

https://www.reddit.com/r/doingmypart/comments/1fguhdt/i_tried_searching_for_biblical_text_to_support/