Thread:Shanethefilmmaker/@comment-397235-20140801024539/@comment-397235-20140810142220

King's very vocal with his politics which is something, as a writer myself, I find very hard to respect about him. He has a right to his opinion just as I do. He does not have the right to use his fame to push his views on others, anymore than George Romero, Clive Barker, or Tom Clancy (to use a conservative example) do.

He's not a politician. He's not a pundit. He's a writer. He ought remember that from time to time when he, and people like him, should remember that.

The fact he's the only person making political comments is what irritates me about him, especially since he's not big enough to admit some people might disagree with him. One of the central conflicts (perhaps the central conflict) in a zombie story I'm writing is between two survivors, one of whom is a hardcore communist and the other a much more moderate individual. While at first they both manage to work together for their group, their comes a time when their differences become irreconcilable (right around the time the left winger starts kicking out people for being crippled or religious because they can't contribute to the group). The whole point, though, is to show how two conflicting world views interact. My problem with the Judge is King treats his views as if they're the only game in town (he does this in his other works too; at least in "Home Delivery" he makes fun of his own views).