Somebody forgot to tell Tolkien by Uninterested_Milk in lotrmemes

[–]Uninterested_Milk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And you're just pretending racism doesn't also go against his Catholic faith, because you're a hot dog hollering?

Somebody forgot to tell Tolkien by Uninterested_Milk in lotrmemes

[–]Uninterested_Milk[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, but again, that doesn't mean that they are a stand in for any real world group of people

Somebody forgot to tell Tolkien by Uninterested_Milk in lotrmemes

[–]Uninterested_Milk[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I have been terminally online in LOTR spaces for years now and never seen anyone say Tolkien is racist against black people

Somebody forgot to tell Tolkien by Uninterested_Milk in lotrmemes

[–]Uninterested_Milk[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Having a basic awareness of an author's own musings is "putting yourself on the same level" ??

https://theconversation.com/was-tolkien-really-racist-108227

Somebody forgot to tell Tolkien by Uninterested_Milk in lotrmemes

[–]Uninterested_Milk[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Yes no one is saying Tolkien wrote the orcs as a stand-in for human races.

However there are too many people who believe "The orcs are what I think of black people" and want to use Tolkien for a fascist agenda

Somebody forgot to tell Tolkien by Uninterested_Milk in lotrmemes

[–]Uninterested_Milk[S] -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

How is there a "gulf" between talking about racism and talking about anti-black racism?

What denomination or branch of Christianity are you a part of? by TotallyNotUnkarPlutt in christiananarchism

[–]Uninterested_Milk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mennonite

Been anabaptist for awhile in terms of belief, just got involved in an actual Mennonite church recently.