Wasn’t the early socialist movement in America basically strasserist? Can’t say I know much about Lovecraft’s politics beyond the whole naming his dog the n-word thing, but come on, there are other past leftists we can talk about who weren’t nearly as problematic. A broken clock is right twice a day and all, yknow?
In Lovecraft’s case, his period of (incredibly vitriolic, yes-even-for-the-times) racism was separate from his period of socialism. He realised he’d been a dumbass a few years before he died and pivoted.
Personally, I’m a sucker for these sorts of cases. Converts, even deathbed ones, should be celebrated, not condemned. We want people to change their minds.
More importantly, he’s dead and gone. He’s not receiving any benefit from his increased online clout. On the other hand, if we claim him, we deny the other side a hero, and get one of our own.
One of the things that get overlooked due to the racism is the classism. Poor people are seen as a threat and the protagonists tend to be upper class. He used to be a monarchist in his younger days.
Wasn’t the early socialist movement in America basically strasserist? Can’t say I know much about Lovecraft’s politics beyond the whole naming his dog the n-word thing, but come on, there are other past leftists we can talk about who weren’t nearly as problematic. A broken clock is right twice a day and all, yknow?
In Lovecraft’s case, his period of (incredibly vitriolic, yes-even-for-the-times) racism was separate from his period of socialism. He realised he’d been a dumbass a few years before he died and pivoted.
Personally, I’m a sucker for these sorts of cases. Converts, even deathbed ones, should be celebrated, not condemned. We want people to change their minds.
More importantly, he’s dead and gone. He’s not receiving any benefit from his increased online clout. On the other hand, if we claim him, we deny the other side a hero, and get one of our own.
One of the things that get overlooked due to the racism is the classism. Poor people are seen as a threat and the protagonists tend to be upper class. He used to be a monarchist in his younger days.