stenAanden@feddit.dk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL Tolkien supported fascist Spainwww.josemanuelferrandez.comexternal-linkmessage-square93linkfedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down151file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkTIL Tolkien supported fascist Spainwww.josemanuelferrandez.comstenAanden@feddit.dk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square93linkfedilinkfile-text
And the author of this article is tying himself into a pretzel trying to absolve Tolkien of this great shame.
minus-squarematurelemontree@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s like saying practically any significant figure from over 300 years ago is certainly evil because their country likely had slavery. Keep zooming out, don’t think critically, and hate everyone you used to look up to.
minus-squarestenAanden@feddit.dkOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down6·2 months agoSupport for Franco was ANYTHING but widespread when the war happened.
That’s like saying practically any significant figure from over 300 years ago is certainly evil because their country likely had slavery. Keep zooming out, don’t think critically, and hate everyone you used to look up to.
Support for Franco was ANYTHING but widespread when the war happened.