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* Creator/KarenTraviss does this in her ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' novels (''[[Literature/HaloGlasslands Glasslands]]'', ''[[Literature/HaloTheThursdayWar The Thursday War]]'', and ''[[Literature/HaloMortalDictata Mortal Dictata]]'') regarding Dr. Halsey and the SPARTAN-II program. This is usually done from the viewpoint of Margaret Parangosky, the head of [[StateSec ONI]], and Serin Osman (one of the Spartan-[=IIs=] whose augs failed). As far as Parangosky (and Traviss, of course) is concerned, Halsey is Dr. Mengele for having abducted innocent children and replaced them with clones that got sick and died shortly after. Traviss expects the readers to believe that Parangosky, who claims to know ''everything'' that goes on in both the UNSC and her own ONI, somehow had no idea that Halsey was planning on using clones instead of simply abducting children (NOTE: she was perfectly fine with abductions, it was cloning that was a problem) for the program. Even Chief Mendez suddenly decides that he has always thought that Halsey was a monster, even though in ''[[Literature/HaloGhostsOfOnyx Ghosts of Onyx]]'' (different author) he was glad to see her. Interestingly, Traviss has no problems with the SPARTAN-III program because the kids for that program were not abducted but were merely orphans. Just to be clear, Traviss doesn't have a problem with using child soldiers, as long as they're given a choice. What she fails to point out is that these children had recently lost their parents to the Covenant, and ONI was basically telling them "Wanna avenge your Mommy and Daddy? Just sign here." Also for reference, the S-[=IIs=] who survived augmentations went on to have a fairly high survival rate (with most of them surviving into adulthood), whereas the S-[=IIIs=], which Halsey had no involvement with, were basically cannon fodder who were designed to be cheap and expendable (with most of them dying in their early teens). A good number of ''Halo'' fans hated Traviss's books because of this, and even Creator/ThreeFourThreeIndustries have somewhat distanced themselves from the most contentious elements of Traviss's novels. Her books in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' ExpandedUniverse also contain a number against the Jedi and in favor of the Mandalorians which were equally unpopular with many readers.

** Elves tend to be a lot wiser and more attuned to nature than any other creature because of the nature of their magic that bound their whole race in their blood oath with the dragons. As a result, they can't eat meat any more than a person could eat their own hand because they can feel the emotions from all the life around them, and if a creature dies, it feels like they themselves are dying along with it. They sing[[note]]they speak in the ancient language combined with a flow of magic. The singing part is just their own artistic flair.[[/note]] to the trees to harvest fruits and vegetables that grow all the nutrition they need, so there's no need to butcher animals. With all their needs taken care of, the elves don't fight wars and most are content to keep to themselves and pursue whatever they fancy, be it writing, painting, or being a fish. However, when pressed, they will rise up together to fight off whatever force threatens them.
** Dwarves, on the other hand, have their central religion and set of customs and traditions that probably vary between the clans and deep dwellers and can get very [[BerserkButton riled up]] if their beliefs are challenged, but they also have the most marvelous and luxurious empires in the entire continent, and as a social collective, they seem to have a lot more fun in life than the elves. On top of all this, [[spoiler: dwarves might actually be right about their religion; in ''Brisingr'', Eragon actually ''sees'' what could very well be their god.]]

** However in his review of Creator/FrankMiller's ''ComicBook/HolyTerror'', he gives quite a moving one about how people in power should treat others well and compassion isn't a weakness, in reaction to the methods used by the DesignatedHero of the book and the very UnfortunateImplications in their treatment of Islam.

If the author's opinion is the purpose of the work, it's an AuthorTract. When delivering filibusters takes over the work, it's FilibusterFreefall. If this is the climax of the book, it's often a case of TalkingTheMonsterToDeath. If a character is delivering the rant, it's also a CharacterFilibuster. A main cause of DontShootTheMessage.

** ''Literature/JurassicPark'': Ian Malcolm spends better than half of his scenes in the book making pages-long speeches about the evils of modern science, despite the fact that he is supposedly dying at the time (and a scientist himself). There is occasionally a HandWave, like when Malcolm is cranked out of his mind on morphine and is just babbling whatever thoughts come into his head.

It's worth noting that the creation of a story, especially those of works of fiction, may entice readers into receiving the message in an interesting manner but in fact, it neither adds nor subtracts evidence from a point of view. It may display evidence, it may make an argument using that evidence, it may convince the reader using that evidence. The fact that the author expects to take their fictional world as instantly applicable to real life is part of what makes this trope so grating, but whether or not any specific reader considers an Author Filibuster a good or bad thing is usually dependent on [[ConfirmationBias whether or not the reader agrees]] with the content of the filibuster.

* [[WebVideo/CriticalRole]]: PlayedForLaughs in Campaign 3, when Chetney tells the party that his tattoo, "RTA", stands for "Recognize the Alpha", and is based on the mentality of AlphaAndBetaWolves. DungeonMaster Matt gets so frustrated that he has Imogen make an extremely low DC Intelligence check just so he can explain to the audience that the idea of alpha and beta wolves is based on completely debunked science and certainly doesn't apply to people.