Lath

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[–] Lath@kbin.social -2 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I can say a similar thing about the goblins.

[–] Lath@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago

People who post online expecting only comments agreeing with their views are people who can only find comfort in echo chambers.

[–] Lath@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago

Gandalf for SCOTUS!

[–] Lath@kbin.social 119 points 9 months ago (11 children)

The solution is obvious. Stop having heterosexual sex.

Gay sex for everyone - the ultimate conservative goal!

[–] Lath@kbin.social -2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

So the problem is that the HP goblins didn't accept a major shift in their culture to more easily integrate and develop with the rest of the magical world?
Wizards aren't the United Federation of Planets. They're conservative and isolationists. Why would the goblins want to integrate with them and their values?

There's no reasonable explanation for such a major shift in culture over night, for any of the magical races.

[–] Lath@kbin.social -2 points 9 months ago

And the goblins in HP start out as something to frighten an 11-old and grow to become their own people, with a culture and a way of life.
Some people might not like the exposure, but it's still growth.

[–] Lath@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (16 children)

If we're going on the HP route, then it has to be mentioned that by promoting the Ferengi, you are also supporting the objectification of women.
It's not a secret that one of the main producers in charge was anti-women. This idea of having women paraded around naked and servile is a gross violation of women's rights everywhere.
Yet it's ok when the Ferengi are doing it because it's an "alien" culture that someone invented out of thin air. Nevermind that the women acting those roles were being actively humiliated.

But I guess it might not be the same in some people's eyes. After all, it's one thing to portray a race or a culture in a stereotypically racist way, and it's quite another to maltreat every representative of a biological sex. Completely different, I'm sure.

[–] Lath@kbin.social -1 points 9 months ago

Maybe they are. Recently it was found that the Japanese Tengu may have its origin in an encounter with Jewish travelers back in olden times.

And the bank having a Jewish symbol can be attributed to the movie director allowing it unchanged. Or that it went forgotten and undetected. Or that it was a magical symbol that the goblins used for their security. Can't Jewish imagery have a place in a magical society? The goblins had curse breakers slumming it in the pyramids. They went around and took what was useful to them.
But none of that. It's racism because tweet, tweet little Birdy.

[–] Lath@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

No. It means more PC ports! More BAD PC ports! Ha hah!

[–] Lath@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

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