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M.A.R. Barker, author of Tekumel, also author of Neo-Nazi book?
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<blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8578260" data-attributes="member: 7023887"><p>I'm sorry, but this is just a mischaracterization of what's going on. A huge false dichotomy. No one is calling fans of Barker's work Nazi-sympathizers for enjoying his books. No one is doing that. The answer to all of those questions is pretty obviously a big "No, of course not, that would be ridiculous".</p><p></p><p>If you are a Nazi-sympathizer for defending, supporting, and praising Barker after it became public information that he was a Nazi-sympathizer and Holocaust-denier, does that also mean . . .</p><p>. . . you're racist for supporting, defending, and praising Lovecraft and his legacy, a blatantly racist man that supported Hitler?</p><p>. . . you're transphobic for supporting, defending, and praising Rowling after she made her anti-trans comments online?</p><p>. . . you're pro-child molestation for supporting, defending, and praising Michael Jackson and his legacy after it came out that he was a pedophile?</p><p>. . . you're a misogynist for supporting, defending, and praising Gygax and his legacy once you learned that he was sexist?</p><p></p><p>The answer to all of those questions is an absolute "YES!"</p><p></p><p>Enjoying the product of a horrible person does not make you a horrible person, but defending, supporting, and praising the horrible person after learning how awful they were <strong>does </strong>make you a horrible person.</p><p></p><p>You're a Nazi-sympathizer if you support, defend, and praise a Nazi-sympathizer after learning the extent of their awful nature. You're not a Nazi-sympathizer if you enjoy the things produced by the Nazi-sympathizer while acknowledging how awful of a person they were.</p><p></p><p>That is the dichotomy. It's not "if you like the things they made, you're an awful person", it's "if you continue to support, defend, and praise the person that made those things after learning how bad they were, you're an awful person".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Levistus's_Leviathan, post: 8578260, member: 7023887"] I'm sorry, but this is just a mischaracterization of what's going on. A huge false dichotomy. No one is calling fans of Barker's work Nazi-sympathizers for enjoying his books. No one is doing that. The answer to all of those questions is pretty obviously a big "No, of course not, that would be ridiculous". If you are a Nazi-sympathizer for defending, supporting, and praising Barker after it became public information that he was a Nazi-sympathizer and Holocaust-denier, does that also mean . . . . . . you're racist for supporting, defending, and praising Lovecraft and his legacy, a blatantly racist man that supported Hitler? . . . you're transphobic for supporting, defending, and praising Rowling after she made her anti-trans comments online? . . . you're pro-child molestation for supporting, defending, and praising Michael Jackson and his legacy after it came out that he was a pedophile? . . . you're a misogynist for supporting, defending, and praising Gygax and his legacy once you learned that he was sexist? The answer to all of those questions is an absolute "YES!" Enjoying the product of a horrible person does not make you a horrible person, but defending, supporting, and praising the horrible person after learning how awful they were [B]does [/B]make you a horrible person. You're a Nazi-sympathizer if you support, defend, and praise a Nazi-sympathizer after learning the extent of their awful nature. You're not a Nazi-sympathizer if you enjoy the things produced by the Nazi-sympathizer while acknowledging how awful of a person they were. That is the dichotomy. It's not "if you like the things they made, you're an awful person", it's "if you continue to support, defend, and praise the person that made those things after learning how bad they were, you're an awful person". [/QUOTE]
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