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[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Love telling Lovecraft fans who deny his racism to say the name of his cat out loud to my face

[-] Lilith@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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There are Lovecraft fans who think he wasn’t racist?

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago

Yeeeeeeeeeep

There are some who use the ol' "Well, everyone was racist back then" or "He got better about it before he died" canards and they suck too

[-] MeatfuckerDidNothing@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

“He got better about it before he died” canards and they suck too

Yeah, this is a prime example of something that is true but used to justify shitty behavior or beliefs.

The modern day equivalent would be if JK Rowling moderated her shitty beliefs and Potter stans decided that made her books unproblematic

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

The thing is, people have to actually try and undo some of the damage they did before they can be counted as reformed

Simply being less vociferously racist is the absolute minimum of a start, but it doesn't fix anything

For some though, that's the equivalent of Darth Vader being redeemed by saving Luke and killing the Emperor

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