i can't believe this exists

  • CriticalOtaku [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Why are the goblins in Goblin Slayer fantasy monsters, but not the ones in Harry Potter? After all, aren't they both goblins?

    • GorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Perhaps because they are fantasy monster and in the case of goblin slayer not meant to be a racial stand in for a real life minority but instead are, you know, a fantasy monster

      You can point to harry Potter goblins and say that they are clearly an anti semitic caricature

      What are goblin slayer goblins meant to represent? Is there some specific ethnicity there? Ah, curious.

      "They're an Other!" okay so basically you don't want any humanoid monsters involved because any Other is automatically some sanction of real world racism

      Zzzzzzzzzzzz

      This is a waste of both our time

      • CriticalOtaku [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        What I'm asking is why are you so sure that the goblins in goblin slayer aren't meant to be a stand in for a real life minority? Why do you identify the ones in Harry Potter immediately as an anti-semitic caricature? What is the difference?

        I don't feel like I'm wasting my time.

        • GorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          Why do you identify the ones in Harry Potter immediately as an anti-semitic caricature?

          Because being hooked nosed gold loving bankers who are literally designed to look like that hand wringing merchant guy that gets play on 4chan is like, The Anti Semitic Trope? What are "green little rapists who live in caves" supposed to be? Like what the fuck lol. Vague shit about green skinned primitives is not on the same level as what Harry Potter did, it's wild to even think a person exists that would think so

          • CriticalOtaku [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            it’s wild to even think a person exists that would think so

            And if I told you that there are people who think like that, and those people are white supremacists?

            "For years, Tolkien scholars have waged a fight on two fronts: against an academic establishment that for the most part refused to take the author's work seriously, and against white supremacists who have tried to claim the professor as one of their own."
            ― David Ibata, Chicago Tribune
            
            • GorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]
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              2 years ago

              Are you calling yourself a white supremacist tho because you're a person who thinks "vague shit about green skinned primitives is on the level with what harry Potter did" as well

              • CriticalOtaku [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                "No U" is some weak ass shit. Get the fuck outta here with that, right wingers pull that shit all the time to dismiss legitimate criticism, especially of race. You gonna tell me BLM are the real racists next?

                I'm not calling the show racist, I'm simply saying the racists believe it is racist.