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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8622261" data-attributes="member: 4534">I wouldn't care if there was a Lovecraft estate that benefitted financially from his work so long as they didn't try to hide his bigotry.&nbsp; What would be the purpose of punishing the estate?&nbsp; And I don't really have any strong feelings that some people knew about Barker's NAZI sympathies though I can see why others might.&nbsp; It's just not an issue to me.&nbsp; In Lovecraft's case it wasn't a matter of not being clever enough to hide his attitudes.&nbsp; He didn't have to hide them because millions of Americans shared his sentiments.&nbsp; i.e.&nbsp; His bigotry towards immigrants and African Americans were well within mainstream standards.&nbsp; But Barker had to hide it, because at the time, Nazi sympathies were very much out of vogue.&nbsp; Does it really though?&nbsp; Human beings have an amazing ability to see patterns were there are none.&nbsp; This is like Ted Cruz being worried that &quot;woke&quot; Disney is going to have Mickey and Goofy going at it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 8622261, member: 4534"] I wouldn't care if there was a Lovecraft estate that benefitted financially from his work so long as they didn't try to hide his bigotry. What would be the purpose of punishing the estate? And I don't really have any strong feelings that some people knew about Barker's NAZI sympathies though I can see why others might. It's just not an issue to me. In Lovecraft's case it wasn't a matter of not being clever enough to hide his attitudes. He didn't have to hide them because millions of Americans shared his sentiments. i.e. His bigotry towards immigrants and African Americans were well within mainstream standards. But Barker had to hide it, because at the time, Nazi sympathies were very much out of vogue. Does it really though? Human beings have an amazing ability to see patterns were there are none. This is like Ted Cruz being worried that "woke" Disney is going to have Mickey and Goofy going at it. [/QUOTE]

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