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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sepulchrave II" data-source="post: 8505622" data-attributes="member: 4303">A succinct article which points out most of the main issues.Looking at the pushback in the comments section, we can see a variety of "arguments" that we're all familiar with by now.1) Dismissing it out of hand2) Saying "let history be history"3) Accusing people who point out racism of being racists4) Blaming the "SJW crowd" and "PC Police"5) Suggesting that many of the stereotypes are, in fact, accurate6) Blaming the "parasitic class" (aka "coastal elites" and "woke Hollywood/media.")[SPOILER=Pushback]These people who are continually sifting through everything to put it through their  own prism of history very reminiscent of the type of racial stereotyping they claim to be trying to eradicate. They wish to judge everyone by their narrow standards of acceptability and to reshape society according to their current notions. Why not just leave the past alone and try to live in a better today? We are all aware of history and do not need it thrown in our faces every minute of every day.Those who are the likeliest to be offended by various stereotypes are the ones least likely to read about them.Let’s step back for a moment.  No matter how the  Tolkien or Rowling characters resemble some stereotype or another, both authors went to great extents to shine a light on racism and hate.  Trying to kill off muggles is straight from the ranks of the Nazi SS.  No author can confront these issues without someone feeling it singles out their race or culture on either the racist or targeted side.  Call off the PC Police and let’s discuss the real issues the authors are trying to present.What do you have to ask yourself are there of the stereotypes accurate or in accurate? And why have Those stereotypes been attributed to them? Was it just picked out of the ether?Browsing through these Twitter posts, al I see is people digging deep into closets looking for anything they can find that will fit their hysterical and ever-evolving definition of racism. Nobody would even notice such things if Twitter SJWs would stop throwing it in our faces. Who is doing more to keep racism alive?Members of the parasitic class get paid big money for this kind of drivel."Before Jon Stewart took on antisemitic goblins, critics called out J.R.R. Tolkien’s orcs and dwarves for racial stereotypes"OMG please check the Asylum doors and make sure the are not open =)Hope Jon Stewart or his parents never uttered "goyim" disparagingly.Takeaway from this article: don't be racist to orcs and dwarves...[/SPOILER]ENWorld is a bastion of enlightened thought in comparison to this.</blockquote>

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