Do you think books that have controversial themes are thought controversial because of themes alone and not because of literally EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES INTO THE BOOK and the portrayl of characters.
Do you think huckleberry Finn is controversial because it deals with a runaway slave? No, Huckleberry Finn is controversial because it takes agency away from the slave and he forgets he was trying to fight freedom and goes on to go south to help this white boy, who then goes on later to torture him for fun and games to make his escape seem more real and exciting. It is controversial because the slave is equal to a retarded child who's only goal in life is to fawn over this white kid, and the novel is suppose to have us feeling moved for their relationship.
Yet he literally has a wife and child of his own.. which is why he was seeking his fucking freedom to begin with.
My god...... thinking... just thinking! Just think for a moment and consider nuance and themes and message. My fucking god....
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It's such a ridiculous claim, like it is crazy.
In his world.
Me, a gay guy writing a novel about a gay relationship is equally as controversial as...
a straight guy writing a gay novel about a gay relationship to show that gay relationships are inherently bad and in the end the characters are only happy when they find a woman.
See in Grimbold21 world they're equally controversial! Context? Themes? What are those in writing, it's all about one particular little thing, like "gay".
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Granted, I'm failing at grasping how my remark that controversial themes shouldn't be censored is exclusive of the fact that a work can be or become controversial for a variety of reasons. I'm also having a hard time how it is indicative of dismissing context.
Let's take your description of said story. If that is today mainstream take on it, does it suddenly become a work worthy of scorn and censorship? Or, having that in mind, be read in a different light? The controversy is still there, people may just happen to read and understand it differently.
You must not be aware that gone with the wind was taken down while they add context to properly show historical issues. So it isn't a pure glorification of the wonderful life of a slave.
By trying to compare gone with the wind to 12 years a slave, you have thrown out context, and focused simply on the theme of slavery.
I mean, your own source says it was an idealized concept without any real grounding in reality and which did not in any respect reflect historical family trends. And we've clearly seen that it has failed to live up to any particular benefits or gains in any way whatsoever, to the extent that it's being cast aside as an anachronism that has no place in the modern era as anything to be supported or defended;.
Somehow you thought dunking on your own net was a point in your favor, but I really don't see how.
And yet you are in the other thread pushing a common xenophobic narrative about "dangerous immigrants". Not hard to see who is the one actually arguing strawmen.
I am right when I said you were one of the bigots claiming to not be bigoted contrary to all the other actions and words they have done and uttered.
"My successes are my own, but my failures are due to extremist leftist liberals" - Party of Personal Responsibility
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"My successes are my own, but my failures are due to extremist leftist liberals" - Party of Personal Responsibility
Prediction for the future
People whose entire self-worth depends upon perceived "reputation/standing" on social media love to virtue signal about the current popular thing, actually doing something constructive about the issue takes effort so most people can't be bothered but a few select words here and there is easy and collects social capital within this bubble of people.
Give it a few months and the masses will have moved on to the next thing to be "upset" about.
This is closed. We have multiiple threads to discuss current events and "Do my homework for me"/"prove me otherwise" threads aren't necessary.
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