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minus-squarejoel_feila@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoAll true. They are not the same Hp was about as xenophobic as you can get. But ido disagree with that last part. I can read and love his stories but never learn anything about him. I can’t unlearn about him.
minus-squareOhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoSeveral of his stories are outright racist though. How do you go about loving that without acknowledging there are issues?
minus-squarejoel_feila@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·45 minutes agoSame reason i can love a villain as a character. Just because i love a of work of fiction or fictional characters does not mean i endorse the mesaage.
minus-squareTimecircleline@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoHave you read Herbert West: Reanimator? I think that one in particular had an especially problematic description of a black man. I had to put down the anthology for a bit when I got there.
All true. They are not the same Hp was about as xenophobic as you can get.
But ido disagree with that last part. I can read and love his stories but never learn anything about him. I can’t unlearn about him.
Several of his stories are outright racist though.
How do you go about loving that without acknowledging there are issues?
Same reason i can love a villain as a character. Just because i love a of work of fiction or fictional characters does not mean i endorse the mesaage.
Have you read Herbert West: Reanimator? I think that one in particular had an especially problematic description of a black man. I had to put down the anthology for a bit when I got there.