I re-read Lord of the Rings recently. And you know what? It’s definitely got racist elements in it. It sucks. But I can still enjoy the books. It’s just whenever I talk about them now (or even think about them), I do talk about how I like them but the racist parts cannot and should not be ignored.
I agree and I also feel the same way about Dune and it's gender essentialist bullshit and its very on the nose Great Man Theory (granted, it presents the dangers of such a thing but it's not like all the chuds that use the name Mua'dib on the internet noticed).
But a lot of people see even the discussion of problematic elements as some existential threat that they want to about.
I re-read Lord of the Rings recently. And you know what? It’s definitely got racist elements in it. It sucks. But I can still enjoy the books. It’s just whenever I talk about them now (or even think about them), I do talk about how I like them but the racist parts cannot and should not be ignored.
You might enjoy this: https://existentialcomics.com/comic/175
I agree and I also feel the same way about Dune and it's gender essentialist bullshit and its very on the nose Great Man Theory (granted, it presents the dangers of such a thing but it's not like all the chuds that use the name Mua'dib on the internet noticed).
But a lot of people see even the discussion of problematic elements as some existential threat that they want to
about.