you absolutely are but thats ok :)
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Replying to @eigenrobot @LammaticHama
ok, cool. do you disagree that D&D is philosophically founded in racism and instead of colonization I'd call it military expansionism? or do you disagree that this should be called out, given its fantastical nature? or something else?
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Replying to @willdoingthings @LammaticHama
my take is that his tweet is fucking bananas
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pigeon meme is this racism?
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Replying to @eigenrobot @LammaticHama
not sure I follow but is the idea that Tolkien racism and real racism are basically causally separated and conceptually distinct and so calling Tolkien racism racism is equivocation?
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Replying to @willdoingthings @LammaticHama
where is the tolkein racism in dnd are orcs supposed to be Basque standins or something
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Replying to @eigenrobot @LammaticHama
no, despite popular misconception middle earth had black humans and thus orcs cannot possible be construed as their analogue anyway; so to answer your rhetorical question... i guess it's nowhere, really. well that settles that lol
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Replying to @willdoingthings @LammaticHama
Yeah I mean tolkein had some super cringe racism but DnD doesn't have like idk Irish subraces with +2 con -2 int penalty to saves vs alcoholism :)
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I'm not entirely sure what you're getting at!
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