• GraniteM@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Whether or not you should consume HP Lovecraft media despite the fact he was a racist is entirely up to you because he is long dead. He doesn’t make any money. He isn’t even racist any more. Because he’s dead.

    I always say “If you’re going to be a shitshow of a human being but a talented artist, the least you can do is also be dead.”

    See also: Phil Spector, Pablo Picasso.

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      11 days ago

      HP Lovecraft was more a clinical xenophobe and expressed that in his writings. He was afraid of different races, but he was also deadly afraid of scientific advancement and even the color indigo. He also didn’t fund terrible politicians or get into feuds on twitter. You also don’t see terrible people on twitter using his writings to justify their beliefs.

      JK Rowling is actively funding and bragging about making other people’s lives worse.