I read Ender's Game long before I knew anything about Orson Scott Card, and by then, it was too ingrained in me for me to judge it based on his personal life and nonsense spoutings. I completely separate him from his books.

Many people slag on Ender's Game and call it a "Hitler apologist novel," (probably due to Card's personal beliefs) which I think is absurd and an extreme reach, at the very best, and there is literally no way that the theme of this book and Hitler relate to each other except that they both happen to feature genocide (actually xenocide).

You're right, though, Scotty, it is interesting how his books seem to sortof deflect his own personal beliefs. I always thought there was some sort of borderline love that Ender felt for Alai. Another thing is that through his work, his overarching theme can kindof be seen as "just leave other races the smurf alone! don't fight! war is bad for everyone, let's just try understand each other and come to an amicable resolution!" yet he's a douchebee in real life. Ah well.