as for the Middle English ones, most of them are also racist, antisemitic, and generally the tools of white empire. So there is that issue. MK is probably the one who is actually the least problematic in this vein.
Chaucer is rapist; the York Plays are antisemitic; etc. The original set of lines does not read to me as funny in relation to what the top line "Stop talking shit about...." says especially when people usually say they its to complain that we are too "PC" about writers/artists.
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Every author listed in whatever list (medieval, romantic, etc.) is a canon author. This reads to me as a discussion around the white canon and also backlash in what people see as cancel culture. This literally is a way to trivialize the real issues of why these major authors
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