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Thank you all for the suggestions, the haul from our book fair. $4 a book for the most part. $107 total. (lemmy.world)
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[–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

I saw a really great quote recently by gianmarco soresi (I'm paraphrasing here): widespread cancel culture had led to people denying that their favorite authors could possibly have done horrible things.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    It also creates an environment where people reject nuance for simplistic black and white thinking.

    A work can be a masterpiece and also have been created by a monster.

    The author of Shakespeare's works almost certainly expressed viewpoints that would be unacceptable to us. This doesn't mean that Hamlet is suddenly not worth experiencing.

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