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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8501420" data-attributes="member: 59082">A lot of this discussion, and similar discussions, seems to boil down to a series of related questions:How "problematic" is a work, that is, to what degree is it problematic? And is it ok if different people see it differently? (And can we live with not everyone seeing it the same way as I do?) Also, what to "do" about its problematic nature? And what if others have a different response (or are not responding as much as I am)?HP Lovecraft and Orcs of Thar are pretty easy, because almost everyone acknowledges the problematic elements (unlike other elements of D&D lore that I won't mention, so as not to dredge up old conversations). But there still seems to a range of responses in terms of how problematic, and what to do about it.Personally speaking, I just don't see the value in trying to enforce a singular perspective or response, as if there is one correct degree, and anything less than that is abhorrent or, at least, in error. I mean, isn't that a variation on One True Wayism? There's only one, true way to see this? One way to respond?Now couple that with what i said about multi-perspectivism, and what [USER=2209]@Voadam[/USER] illustrated--that there are many lenses to perceive a work from (or no lens at all, but just pure story). And even if we advocate the "problematic lens," does that negate the others? Or does it so taint a work that the other lenses don't matter?</blockquote>

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