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<blockquote data-quote="transmission89" data-source="post: 8321745" data-attributes="member: 6688441">Well again, he’s evoking the fallen angel imagery.Regarding others and othering. That in itself, in the abstract is no bad thing (to be absolutely clear, you apply that to real world peoples, that’s definitely wrong and a problem). A lot of folk lore, myth and creatures from many cultures around the world have creatures and monsters that are the other. Beings that have superficial human features but have aspects that are “wrong”, specifically making them other worldly, inhuman etc. These can be both positive and negative to the perception of these mythical/fictional beings.This can range from European folklore such as the elves and dark elves to Asian demons that aren’t necessarily demons as we think of them today. Humans have done this for millennia.As stated, the only problem then is if you apply these attributes explicitly to real world groups to “other them” (see for example Nazi propaganda around Jewish people) or indeed a lot of “scientific” works on black peoples.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="transmission89, post: 8321745, member: 6688441"] Well again, he’s evoking the fallen angel imagery. Regarding others and othering. That in itself, in the abstract is no bad thing (to be absolutely clear, you apply that to real world peoples, that’s definitely wrong and a problem). A lot of folk lore, myth and creatures from many cultures around the world have creatures and monsters that are the other. Beings that have superficial human features but have aspects that are “wrong”, specifically making them other worldly, inhuman etc. These can be both positive and negative to the perception of these mythical/fictional beings. This can range from European folklore such as the elves and dark elves to Asian demons that aren’t necessarily demons as we think of them today. Humans have done this for millennia. As stated, the only problem then is if you apply these attributes explicitly to real world groups to “other them” (see for example Nazi propaganda around Jewish people) or indeed a lot of “scientific” works on black peoples. [/QUOTE]

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