I know it may seem sensible for someone say that novelists need do X or Y to make the world a better place, but novelists owe you nothing.
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The function of art is not to make the world a better place. Maybe sometimes it does, but you can't limit culture to that role.
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And people who make ethically-motivated criticisms of novels/music/art are often missing the point about what art is for.
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Having said that, I understand there's a problem that some groups feel that they're being crudely stereotyped, or ignored.
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Yes. You can hate a book for the way it portrays a certain group quite reasonably. But author has no responsibility to pls u
11:21 AM - 1 Oct 2016
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