Vox Day

2016-12-09T03:20:04Z

Erikki: Fixed wrong word (genetically, not generally).

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Theodore Beale, commonly known by the pen name '''Vox Day''', is an American and politically he aligns himself with the [[alt-right]], [[Nationalism|nationalists]] and traditionalists.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/03/why-he-left-conservative-movement.html Why he left the conservative movement]</ref><ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/06/you-cant-kick-us-out-we-already-left.html You can't kick us out; we already left]</ref> He is an author, blogger, editor, political commentator and computer game designer. Day is the lead editor of the Finland-based company Castilia House which publishes [[science fiction]], books on military strategy and other works.<ref>[http://www.castaliahouse.com/authors/vox-day/ Castilia House - Bio of Vox Day]</ref> He is also the lead designer of [[Infogalactic]], an alternative to [[Wikipedia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/10/10/anti-thought-police-infogalactic-launches-as-wikipedia-alternative/ |title=Infogalactic Launches as Alternative to Biased Wikipedia |last=Nolan |first=Lucas |date=2016-10-10 |work=Breitbart |accessdate=2016-11-05}}</ref>

Day is an advocate of "tribes" and says he supports "the right of tribes of every kind to exist..." (ethnic groups, political groups, social groups, etc.)<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/06/you-cant-kick-us-out-we-already-left.html You can't kick us out; we already left]</ref> Day believes the United States should and will dissolve into tribes (and ideally peacefully).<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/03/pirates-and-post-timorous.html Pirates, preferences, and the post-timorous]</ref><ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/11/ron-paul-on-secession.html Ron Paul on secession] by Vox Day</ref>

Day is of English-Irish, Mexican, and Native American descent (Day indicates his brother was genetically tested and that he shared the results with him).<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/08/did-not-see-that-coming.html Did not see that coming]</ref> Day indicates he has considerable Mexican heritage and is related to Mexican revolutionaries.<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/04/mailvox-refuting-rhetorical.html Mailvox: refuting the rhetorical] by Vox Day</ref>

Day is of the opinion that the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]] was bad legislation and believes "American culture is white culture."<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-end-of-mass-migration.html The abolition of America]</ref><ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/ Whom the gods would destroy]</ref> He states that the United States will dissolve as a nation and predicts will will happen by 2033.<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/11/ron-paul-on-secession.html Ron Paul on secession] by Vox Day</ref> According to Day, "American freedom has been yielded", but one day it will be free again because "Rebellion is in our blood. Independence is our birthright. Our fathers were the original revolutionaries."<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/11-years-of-failure/ 11 years of failure] by Vox Day, WND</ref>

He rejects the label of [[conservative]] because he maintains that modern-day "conservatives are nothing more than [[Progressivism|progressives]] in slow motion."<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/03/why-he-left-conservative-movement.html Why he left the conservative movement]</ref>

== Science fiction writer ==

Vox Day has authored a number of science fiction works.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_12?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=theodore+beale&sprefix=Theodore+bea%2Caps%2C275 Amazon - Books by Theodore Beale]</ref>

== Vox Day's ideological battle related to the Hugo Awards ==

In 2015, Vox Day and others battled leftists in relation to the Hugo awards which are annual awards given to [[science fiction]] writers.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/02/05/the-hugo-wars-how-sci-fis-most-prestigious-awards-became-a-political-battleground/ The Hugo Wars: How Sci-fi’s Most Prestigious Awards Became a Political Battleground]</ref> On April 4, 2015, ''[[Breitbart.com|Breitbart News]]'' reported that "''Hugo Awards Nominations Swept by Anti-SJW, Anti-Authoritarian Authors''" (SJW is an acronym for the derisive term [[social justice warrior]]).<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/04/04/hugo-awards-nominations-swept-by-anti-sjw-anti-authoritarian-authors/ ''Hugo Awards Nominations Swept by Anti-SJW, Anti-Authoritarian Authors'']</ref>

== Vox Day's opposition to atheism and evolution ==

Vox Day wrote the book ''[http://www.voxday.net/mart/TIA_free.pdf Irrational atheist]'' and he often criticizes [[atheism]] on his blog.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/search/label/atheism Vox Day's articles on atheism]</ref>

Day is a [[creationism|creationist]] who believes in interpreting the Bible as literally as possible.<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2008/04/agnostic-review-of-tia.html An agnostic review of TIA]</ref> As as the [[age of the earth]] from a scientific perspective, Day quotes Dr. Sheldon Cooper who said "geology isn't a real science".<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/04/mailvox-evolution-and-slippery-slope.html Mailvox: evolution and the slippery slope]</ref>

=== PZ Myers' refusal to debate Vox Day ===
The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologetic]] website [[True Free Thinker]] declares concerning the intellectual [[Sloth (sin)|slothfulness]] of [[atheism|atheist]] and [[evolution]]ist [[PZ Myers]]:
{{cquote|PZ Myers dismisses Vox Day’s book ''The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens'' while admitting to only having read a few chapters.

Yet, he refuses to debate Vox Day on the existence of God, or evolution for that matter (Myers being a professor of biology) based on dismissing a book he barely read (yes, it is merely a lame excuse which he peppered with a barrage of emotive ad hominems) — see [http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/speaking-assiduous-absconders%E2%80%A6yet-again-vox-day-challenges-pz-myers-debate Speaking of Assiduous Absconders…Yet Again, Vox Day Challenges PZ Myers to Debate].<ref>http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/pz-myers-emotively-vociferous-intellectually-mute</ref>}}

== Vox Day and Peter Grant launch a boycott of Tor Books ==

On June 19, 2015 Vox Day and the science faction author Peter Grant launched a boycott due to actions of senior employees of Tor Books which they deem inappropriate. Until the employees are dismissed by their parent company MacMillan Books, they are encouraging the public not to purchase Tor Books.<ref>[http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-tor-boycott-is-on.html The Tor boycott is on] by Peter Grant</ref><ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/06/tor-boycott-announced.html Tor Boycott announced] by Vox Day</ref>

Grant indicates that he wants to help grow the boycott until it has a "seven-figure annual impact".<ref>[http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-tor-boycott-is-on.html The Tor boycott is on] by Peter Grant</ref> Grant further declares: "What's more, in a SF/F market that's increasingly dominated by independent authors, with cratering sales among mainstream publishers and tight financial margins, even a small boycott may have an impact out of all proportion to its size."<ref>[http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-tor-boycott-is-on.html The Tor boycott is on] by Peter Grant</ref>

According to Vox Day, although [[leftism|leftists]] feign indifference to the boycott, his website experienced a cyber attack.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/06/so-very-unconcerned.html So very unconcerned]</ref>

Vox Day wrote:
{{cquote|It's rather amusing to see the many attacks by their own side the SJWs resolutely ignore as they go about their daily posturing and strike their latest outrage poses. Tor employees attack Tor's authors and customers alike, Castalia House has undergone six straight months of cracking attempts, Vox Popoli is now into its third straight day of a DDOS attack, hundreds of people emailing Tor Books have been accused of being bots by Tor employees even as as Tor supporters create fake tweets to feign public support for Tor, and yet science fiction's SJWs still preen and posture as if they're the good guys because a few hundred science fiction readers followed the rules and violated an unspoken gentlemen's agreement to which we were not privy and to which we never agreed.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/06/delusion-and-deterrence.html Delusion and deterrence]</ref>}}

== Personal life ==

Day is an American expatriate who lives in Italy with his wife and children.<ref>[https://twitter.com/cernovich/status/593316714579800064 Mike Ceronvich Tweet (Ceronovich is a fried of Day)]</ref> He left the United States in the late 1990s after being unhappy with its politics/culture (especially its immigration policy).<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-country-left-him.html The country left him]</ref>

Day speaks English, Japanese, French, German and Italian.<ref>Johnson, Greg. "[http://www.counter-currents.com/2015/11/greg-johnson-interviews-vox-day-2 Greg Johnson Interviews Vox Day]". Counter-Currents Publishing. Retrieved 27 Jan 2016.</ref>

He is a member of [[Mensa (organization)|Mensa]], a club for individuals that scored in the top ninety-eight percentile on intelligence tests.

==Bibliography==

Selected book length works include:
*''SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police'' (2015) ISBN 978-952-7065-68-6
*''The Altar of Hate'' (2014) ISBN 978-952-7065-23-5
*''The Last Witchking'' (2013) ISBN 978-952-7065-04-4
*''The Wardog's Coin'' (2013) ISBN 978-1-935929-97-0
*''A Throne of Bones'' (2012) ISBN 978-1-935929-82-6
*''A Magic Broken'' (2012) ISBN 978-1-935929-79-6
*''The Return of the Great Depression'' (2009) ISBN 978-1-935071-18-1
*''Summa Elvetica: A Casuistry of the Elvish Controversy'' (2008) ISBN 978-0-9821049-2-7
*''The Wrath of Angels'' (2006) ISBN 978-0-7434-6982-1
*''The World in Shadow'' (2002) ISBN 978-0-671-02454-3
*''The War in Heaven'' (2000) ISBN 978-0-7434-5344-8

Day contributed to:

*''Cuckservative: How "Conservatives" Betrayed America'' (2015), John Red Eagle, ASIN B018ZHHA52
*''Quantum Mortis: A Mind Programmed'' (2014), Jeff Sutton, Jean Sutton. Castalia House. ISBN 978-952-7065-13-6
*''Quantum Mortis: Gravity Kills'' (2013), Steve Rzasa. Marcher Lord Hinterlands. ISBN 978-952-7065-12-9
*''Quantum Mortis: A Man Disrupted'' (2013), Steve Rzasa. Marcher Lord Hinterlands. ISBN 978-952-7065-10-5
*''Rebel Moon'' (1996), Bruce Bethke. Pocket Books. ISBN 978-0-671-00236-7
*''The Anthology at the End of the Universe'' (2004), Glen Yeffeth (editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-932100-56-3
*''Archangels: The Fall'' (2005) ISBN 978-1-887814-15-7
*''Revisiting [[Narnia]]: Fantasy, Myth, and Religion in [[C.S. Lewis]]' Chronicles'' (2005), Shanna Caughey (editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-932100-63-1
*''Halo Effect'' (2007), Glenn Yeffeth (editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-933771-11-3
*''You Do Not Talk About Fight Club'' (2008), Chuck Palahniuk (Foreword), Read Mercer Schuchardt (Editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-933771-52-6
*''Stupefying Stories October 2011'' (2011), Bruce Bethke (Editor). Rampant Loon Press. ASIN B005T5B9YC
*''Stupefying Stories March 2012'' (2012), Bruce Bethke (Editor). Rampant Loon Press. ASIN B007T3N0XK

=== Books written about atheism ===

* ''On the Existence of Gods'' by Vox Day and Dominic Saltarelli, Castalia House, 2016

* ''The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, And Hitchens'' by Vox Day, 2014 ([http://www.voxday.net/mart/TIA_free.pdf Free sample PDF copy])

== Meaning of the pen name Vox Day==
"Vox Day" is presumably a play on the [[Latin]] expression ''vox dei'', meaning "the voice of God". By using this nom de plume, Beale implies that he presumes to speak on God's behalf, while also showing off his knowledge of ancient languages and pun-making ability.

== See also ==

*[[Rebuttals to atheist arguments]]

== External links ==

*[http://voxday.blogspot.com/ Vox Popoli blog]

*[http://www.voxday.net/ Voxday.net] (website)

==References==
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