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Mostly agreed with the article, but thought she undermined herself with her own racism. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 29/01/2012 02:50:11 PM
"Unfortunately, straight white males are not usually very self-aware". Based on what evidence? It comes across merely as prejudice. (I wouldn't feel that strongly about it if I hadn't then seen her conversation with Amanda Rutter on Twitter, where she spent plenty of time calling her "Whitey", which enforced my opinion on this point.)

While I agree that there probably are many straight white males who (perhaps wilfully) haven't examined their opinions on such matters, I think that most of us today cannot avoid that kind of reflection. If we're interacting with the world at all, then the issue is constantly in front of us, and at least some soul searching will have taken place.
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The racist elements in Tolkien's writing - 29/01/2012 01:31:02 PM 2597 Views
She has some points, of course. - 29/01/2012 02:25:32 PM 1393 Views
Quite a few points - 29/01/2012 02:40:45 PM 1499 Views
Re: Quite a few points - 29/01/2012 04:59:11 PM 1223 Views
Mostly agreed with the article, but thought she undermined herself with her own racism. - 29/01/2012 02:50:11 PM 1466 Views
I wish I could agree with you, but I can't in full - 29/01/2012 02:58:05 PM 1471 Views
I'm not bothered by the tone. Annoyance is justified. - 29/01/2012 03:03:07 PM 1397 Views
Re: I wish I could agree with you, but I can't in full - 30/01/2012 02:11:07 PM 1403 Views
Do you really believe that? - 30/01/2012 02:44:19 PM 1455 Views
Just read your Twitter convo... nice try, but looks like wasted effort. *NM* - 29/01/2012 10:37:08 PM 631 Views
Yes. - 29/01/2012 10:41:15 PM 1134 Views
Oh, also: - 29/01/2012 03:07:03 PM 1197 Views
Well, I'll be honest. - 29/01/2012 10:34:46 PM 1331 Views
Let me try to summarize some of her points with the invective filtered out, then. - 29/01/2012 10:48:24 PM 1532 Views
Thank you. - 29/01/2012 11:10:13 PM 1563 Views
What the hell, might as well go and play devil's advocate, right? - 30/01/2012 04:50:30 PM 1474 Views
I expected that. - 30/01/2012 05:39:59 PM 1369 Views
Of course you did. I'm predictable that way. - 30/01/2012 10:28:10 PM 1372 Views
Re: Of course you did. I'm predictable that way. - 31/01/2012 12:39:46 AM 1250 Views
Re: Of course you did. I'm predictable that way. - 31/01/2012 08:38:46 PM 1311 Views
I <3 you, but there are several very key things we are not going to agree on. - 31/01/2012 10:02:22 PM 1715 Views
Oh. - 31/01/2012 11:07:52 PM 1364 Views
- 01/02/2012 12:17:59 AM 1484 Views
Hmm? - 31/01/2012 10:10:22 PM 1299 Views
Yeah. I got to reading Encyclopedia of Arda just now, and it told me the same thing. - 31/01/2012 10:35:54 PM 1202 Views
As a sort of group answer (I've been mostly absent from forums the past two days) - 31/01/2012 10:45:55 PM 1554 Views
I don't mind if you tell me I'm out of line here, but - 31/01/2012 11:55:04 PM 1402 Views
I'm rarely ever offended - 01/02/2012 01:54:58 AM 1610 Views
She was referring specifically to the Twitter "conversation" I had with the blogger. - 01/02/2012 09:05:28 AM 1368 Views
Yes. - 01/02/2012 10:47:22 AM 1530 Views
It makes me wonder what she thinks is happening in Zimbabwe, for example. - 01/02/2012 11:13:11 AM 1538 Views
I've been thinking about that. - 01/02/2012 11:29:18 AM 1324 Views
Re: I've been thinking about that. - 01/02/2012 11:40:11 AM 1591 Views
We're nuts. - 01/02/2012 03:09:15 PM 1338 Views
I know that - 01/02/2012 11:15:48 AM 1397 Views
That blog post was mostly good, but the exception is a rather large one. - 01/02/2012 08:35:57 PM 1247 Views
Do you mean exception*S*? - 02/02/2012 04:27:03 AM 1319 Views
The Hobbit came out in 1937. - 30/01/2012 01:35:45 AM 1282 Views
She hates Tolkien's writings to begin with ... - 30/01/2012 06:34:29 AM 1431 Views
The tone of the article is massively annoying - 30/01/2012 06:45:19 AM 1485 Views
I laughed while reading it - 30/01/2012 04:30:50 PM 1333 Views

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