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SciFi writer claims the Lord Of The Rings series is 'racist' because it discriminates against orcs
Daily Mail ^

Posted on 11/26/2018 6:58:12 AM PST by TigerClaws

The Lord of the Rings series has been branded 'racist' by a science fiction writer who claims orcs are discriminated against and written as inferior.

American author Andy Duncan said British author JRR Tolkien depicted evil creatures such as orcs as 'worse than others' and said this had 'dire consequences for society'.

The criticism comes despite Tolkien being known as a fierce critic of racism, particularly the Nazi Germany regime in the 1930s and 40s.

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KEYWORDS: academicbias; endwhiteshaming; internetstupidity; kkkratzi; lordoftherings; lotr; playtheracecard; racism; revisionisthistory
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To: TigerClaws

Orcs are a metaphor for liberals.


61 posted on 11/26/2018 7:53:30 AM PST by DungeonMaster (Vote your bible.)
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To: reformedliberal

There’s the rub. So many modern stories, be they movie, TV, or books slap you in the face with a character’s sexuality, no matter how irrelevant it is to telling the story


62 posted on 11/26/2018 7:54:27 AM PST by ferret_airlift
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To: Shadow44

63 posted on 11/26/2018 8:06:06 AM PST by Dr.Deth
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To: TigerClaws

#OrcsHaveNoSouls


64 posted on 11/26/2018 8:19:04 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: TigerClaws
p17
65 posted on 11/26/2018 8:24:38 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: just me

“Don’t these people ever rest?”

Not until they are made to hurt.

Really hurt.

Really, really hurt.


66 posted on 11/26/2018 8:37:05 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: TigerClaws
Orc females mate out of season...
67 posted on 11/26/2018 8:41:23 AM PST by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: TigerClaws
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,

One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

Yeah, a true socialist ideal.

68 posted on 11/26/2018 8:41:25 AM PST by nuke_road_warrior (Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
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To: TigerClaws

Orcaphobes!


69 posted on 11/26/2018 8:42:01 AM PST by Leep (we need a Trump like leader for President 2024!)
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To: TigerClaws

Hey Andy....... guess what?

When American civilization is in the balance, it’s ok to de deversify and profile to eliminate bad guys.


70 posted on 11/26/2018 8:42:17 AM PST by bert (to them (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: goldstategop
Wait until they decide Narnia is not to read list.

Narnia books attacked as racist and sexist Philip Pullman dismisses work of CS Lewis as blatant religious propaganda

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jun/03/gender.hayfestival2002

71 posted on 11/26/2018 8:50:17 AM PST by Simon Green ("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.”)
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To: mjp

I have consider Costal ‘Demoncrates’ as being worse than Orcs


72 posted on 11/26/2018 8:57:22 AM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: TigerClaws

Next it will be the cartoon show SpongeBob SquarePants being declared racist. The main reason is based upon having Patrick represented as being dumb. Count on it.


73 posted on 11/26/2018 9:15:30 AM PST by ProudFossil
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To: TigerClaws

And THIS is yet another symptom of the destruction of the British mind by liberalism and being PC. A country they have held and defended against formidable foes for more than a thousand years will be handed over willy nilly to barbarians because the British people have been indoctrinated over the last few decades to be libs and PC. The native Brits will be ground under the heel of the Muzzlime invaders and the new “Brit” will have have dark skin and brown eyes. The occasional blond or redhead will pop up in maternity wards of the future, but Muzzlime looking babies will be the new norm. Congrats, libtards.


74 posted on 11/26/2018 9:15:30 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: TigerClaws

This is why no one has ever heard of Andy Duncan.


75 posted on 11/26/2018 9:25:09 AM PST by Crucial
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To: TigerClaws

I’ve yet to hear of a cake baker denying an orc wedding cake.


76 posted on 11/26/2018 9:25:12 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: digger48

I see what you did there. :)


77 posted on 11/26/2018 9:26:43 AM PST by Crucial
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To: Telepathic Intruder

So does this makes the Riders of Rohan Orc rights violators?


78 posted on 11/26/2018 9:28:09 AM PST by Crucial
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To: TigerClaws

“SciFi writer claims the Lord Of The Rings series is ‘racist’ because it discriminates against orcs”

definitely. Orcs are people too ... or something ...


79 posted on 11/26/2018 9:35:12 AM PST by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: central_va

I especially liked where the horses bowled over and trampled the orcs. I hope that doesn’t make me insensitive.


80 posted on 11/26/2018 9:36:27 AM PST by Crucial
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