Just want to add that one of the more heinous things about King (which occurs in It as well as other books like Pet Sematary) is his tireless theft from and misrepresentation of indigenous culture. I’m like, jesus, Native Americans have clearly been through more than enough, but King is like, nope, it’s not enough that hundreds of millions were wiped out to make room for shitheads like me, it’s not enough that their modern descendants barely qualify as second class citizens, I need to dance on the mass grave that is amerikkka and also make billions of dollars while doing so.
It’s fucking disgusting and godwilling this dude will be erased from history (except as a lesson in what not to do) after the revolution. The liberal worship of King is also an indictment of the status quo and a sure sign that artistic brilliance in amerikkka has little if any relationship to success.
I'm with you on this criticism, but I get antsy when I hear people start talking about erasing art from history after the revolution. Book burning is not an element of revolution that some leftists seem to want that I can get behind. I mean, there's exceptions to that I guess, I see no reason not to burn 12 Rules for Life. And copies of Mein Kampf should be limited to a few copies you can check out from Uni libraries if you're doing relevant research and not available to the public. But something like King's works? Let revolutionary education counteract the bad messages there.
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Just want to add that one of the more heinous things about King (which occurs in It as well as other books like Pet Sematary) is his tireless theft from and misrepresentation of indigenous culture. I’m like, jesus, Native Americans have clearly been through more than enough, but King is like, nope, it’s not enough that hundreds of millions were wiped out to make room for shitheads like me, it’s not enough that their modern descendants barely qualify as second class citizens, I need to dance on the mass grave that is amerikkka and also make billions of dollars while doing so.
It’s fucking disgusting and godwilling this dude will be erased from history (except as a lesson in what not to do) after the revolution. The liberal worship of King is also an indictment of the status quo and a sure sign that artistic brilliance in amerikkka has little if any relationship to success.
I'm with you on this criticism, but I get antsy when I hear people start talking about erasing art from history after the revolution. Book burning is not an element of revolution that some leftists seem to want that I can get behind. I mean, there's exceptions to that I guess, I see no reason not to burn 12 Rules for Life. And copies of Mein Kampf should be limited to a few copies you can check out from Uni libraries if you're doing relevant research and not available to the public. But something like King's works? Let revolutionary education counteract the bad messages there.
It doesn’t need to be burned, but community resources could probably be better spent elsewhere.
Fair enough.