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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Never heard of this guy. Apparently, he’s one of the SJW Author stable at TOR. But sales are utterly forgettable...as is the author himself. . .
A prosaic douchebag, he is.
Umm.... since Orcs are not human, shouldn’t Duncan more accurately accuse the Lord of the Rings of being “species-ish”?
JRR Tolkien, I have heard of ...
That other dude?
Naaaahhhh ...
Could it be Democrats are just trans orcs?
How can this libtard be critical of Nazi Germany and their culture? If orcs war culture was ‘equal’ then by extension so was Nazism.
Lord of the Rings was a tale of good vs evil. So was WWII.
I meant, “species-ist”.
Look at those poor orcs!
Middle earth can be so harsh and cruel.
I think this is all a secret conspiracy by the Nandor Elves
That’s a great point.
Klingons are people, too.
A Tom Clancey book when adapted by Hollywood changed the villains from Islamic terrorists to Nazis. Nazis are always a safe villain.
Recently I’ve noticed it’s Russians. White. Post communist Putin thugocracy is also against the homosexual indoctrination. Easy villains.
I thought it was only trans-gendered minority pregnant soon-to-abort Honduran-migrant Orcs we had to discriminate against. Ive been doing this all wrong!
I doubt this twit knows Orcs are just Elves gone bad (see “Silmarillion”).
I thought the book was about WWII - Orcs the Germans, The Shire was England, and the US was the elves (with all of their magical stuff)
Last time I checked Orcs were not a protected class under anti-discrimination laws.
it depends on what the standard of value is. In a country composed of rational beings and orcs, the rational objective standard of value is life proper to a rational being.
If you read the trilogy you will noticed that Orcs are the only characters with a sense of humor, crack jokes and have a sense of irony, they are not stupid animals.
Don’t forget Trolls! And Ringwraiths! Can’t go around bad mouthing them!
Discrimination has always been about Orcs, no matter what color they are. Evil people just want to blend in and enjoy the goods. Milk is great if you dont have to milk...
He's a KKKratzi [Democrat Nazi], so he's semi-literate by definition.
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