Maybe that's why the author's positions are so jarring. Almost feels like betrayal.

I've read lots of military fiction, and because that's what it is, I simply expect that authors like Larry Niven and Ringo and David Drake and Tom Clancy ad nauseum will have rightwing political views, which is consistent with their writing. And I don't recall that any of them ever expressed racist and homophobic views, only conservative political views.

I suspect you may be trying to pour oil on troubled waters, alcaray, but I can't let the false equivalence pass. Are we talking about the same Orson Scott Card who wrote this blog post that managed to be both racist (dogwhistle language about Obama recruiting a private army of "urban males") as well as politically bigoted, wallowing in several comparisons equating Obama with Hitler?

On the other hand, this is what the Dixie Chicks said in 2003 that almost destroyed their careers and got them hounded out of music for several years:

"Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas."

Equivalent? I don't think so. And I think I know you well enough by now to be confident that you don't think so either.