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[–] istewart@awful.systems 15 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

It's slowly dawned on me over the last few years that one of the biggest reasons why I find the endless reams of Tolkien/D&D-ripoff fantasy fiction distasteful is because its popularity enables guys like this to smuggle racism into broader discourse. If your entertainment already has you primed to think in a racialized framework, it's going to take you that much longer to cotton onto what this dingleberry and his buddies are actually pushing.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago

I used to find it amusing how many black metal bands were 'Tolkien inspired', it is a lot less funny now. (but hey, at least they are not NSBM)

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