: Re: Promoting controversial opinions in a work of fiction I'm writing a first person novel and main character has highly controversial views, many of which the majority of people would probably consider

@Carla500

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Chris Sunami's answer best gets at the root of the problem: what you've described is a rant wrapped in the covers of a novel.

You're writing a first-person novel for the primary purpose of advocating for a wide variety of unrelated ideas that are broadly not well thought of. That sounds like the makings of a screed, not a novel. If people aren't interested in hearing your arguments in favor of, say, peeing "in some lawgivers' faces," they're going to be equally uninterested in hearing an author-insert first-person character make those arguments on your behalf.

What conceivable story includes all of: pedophiles and childlike androids; killing and kidnapping to prevent a war; a desire to "pee in some lawgivers' faces"; a friend's sister afraid to have sex with an older boyfriend; drug users who want to use drugs but can't; and an even longer list of positions too long to enumerate in your question? Were all those things honestly chosen because they're all opinions that are necessary to best tell the particular story you're looking to tell, or because they're all views you happen to hold and you want to advocate for them?

You're telling a story first and foremost. Figure out a good story first, rather than trying to cram every one of your unpopular opinions into one character in one story.

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