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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 26 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Publisher: "Wow. The descriptions of these aliens is so vivid and inhuman. How did you come up with them?!"

Lovecraft: "Aliens? I'm just describing black people and Jews."

KKK dude: "That's why you're not allowed at the meetings anymore."

[-] Cheems@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago

I like lovecraft. But he's definitely a piece of shit

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 28 points 15 hours ago
[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 15 points 15 hours ago

I have to admit, I didn't know shit about the man when I got into his stories but finding out how incredibly racist he was sure as shit explains the ending to a few stories where the horror element is finding out you're the offspring of some people you think look a bit ugly.

[-] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago

iirc Lovecraft was considered wildly racist even by the standards of the time. Overly sarcastic productions has a nice video about how a lot of his stories were manifestations of his irrational fear of just about everything really.

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Well to be fair in his later works, the grotesque aliens are mostly merely indifferent towards humans and not inherently evil. But yeah, most of his stuff is super rascist nevertheless.

[-] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 12 hours ago

Well, to the Nazis ugliness was literal evil. Not exaggerating unfortunately.

[-] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 12 hours ago

To a degree, ancient Greeks had this belief as well- to the point that an admitted murdress was sent free because she was hot. (I half remember this story from a decade ago. No sources)

[-] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 22 hours ago

In fairness, the Church of England is hardly in the top tier of most horrible variants of Christianity.

Unless the religion OP was talking about was the England football team, in which case, yes.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 9 points 20 hours ago

I thought their religion was the monarchy

[-] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 9 points 15 hours ago

The monarchy is the head of the church of england

[-] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 19 points 21 hours ago

When did England become an island?

[-] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 24 points 20 hours ago

When Ireland, Wales, and Scotland were colonized.

[-] TrenchcoatFullofBats@belfry.rip 13 points 20 hours ago

He did love England, but was born, lived and died on a different "island": Rhode Island.

[-] Impound4017@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

Still New England though, fwiw

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 12 points 21 hours ago

You should hear what he says when a black cat crosses his path

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 45 minutes ago

The cat was called the N word, wasn't it?

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 1 points 43 minutes ago
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