I mean... Yes
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Replying to @XenaWorrier @arthur_affect and
He also had levels of racism American racists would salivate over.
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Replying to @XenaWorrier @StorySlug and
If Rudyard Kipling somehow ISN'T racist then that DEFINITELY means the word has no meaning
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Replying to @arthur_affect @XenaWorrier and
Which of his contemporaries should he have been more like?
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Replying to @megawhelmed @arthur_affect and
Mark Twain, who famously got into a shouting match with Kipling about how he was a racist and an imperialist
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Replying to @julie_neuhouser @arthur_affect and
And what did Mark have to say about Native Americans?
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Replying to @megawhelmed @arthur_affect and
I don't actually know, but probably nothing good. The point was that Kipling wasn't just "a product of his time" he was someone that was criticized for all these things by his contemporaries Also, he couldn't rhyme for shit
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Replying to @julie_neuhouser @arthur_affect and
My point is, his views were typical of his peers, in precisely the same way Twain's were.
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Well if you narrow down the definition of "his peers" enough then everyone's views are typical of their peers By definition David Icke's opinions are typical of his peers too
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