Um, why is the first picture at Minas Tirith, which is the capital of Gondor, when in the second picture Gandalf is clearly talking to Theoden, the ruler of Rohan, at Meduseld?
I know, but I think the crux of the argument that the guy quoted in the article was making is that Tolkien was saying that certain races are naturally evil and we should never try to understand their motivations. I think that that scene in the book contradicts that point of view.
Orcs are inbred elves who want to industrialize, are probably cannibalistic, and enslave people. In what way could you read them as minorities without some racist ideology running through your head?
There are different ethnic groups/cultures represented in Tolkien with the human races none of them are really treated differently than the others, the orcs aren't meant to be anything other than an evil group, they aren't connected to any actual culture at all.
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1 froibo 2019-01-12
White man sympathizes with genocide and slavers.
1 antiwarus 2019-01-12
#NotallOrcs!
1 SmugSocialistTears 2019-01-12
ManOrclets smh1 SithisTheDreadFather 2019-01-12
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1 MalcolmFFucker 2019-01-12
Um, why is the first picture at Minas Tirith, which is the capital of Gondor, when in the second picture Gandalf is clearly talking to Theoden, the ruler of Rohan, at Meduseld?
1 TreLoon 2019-01-12
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1 risingdeluge 2019-01-12
Fuck off nerd.
1 MalcolmFFucker 2019-01-12
Did he not read the part in the book where Sam sees a dead enemy soldier and wonders what caused him to go to war for Mordor?
Seriously, did he? Cuz I don’t have a Times subscription.
1 Whaddaulookinat 2019-01-12
It's also The "Lord Haw Haw was railroaded" Times
1 Inceltiers 2019-01-12
Source?
1 AStartlingStatement 2019-01-12
That was an Easterling sir, not an Orc.
1 MalcolmFFucker 2019-01-12
I know, but I think the crux of the argument that the guy quoted in the article was making is that Tolkien was saying that certain races are naturally evil and we should never try to understand their motivations. I think that that scene in the book contradicts that point of view.
1 AStartlingStatement 2019-01-12
But Easterlings were meant to represent Arabs, and Arabs are naturally evil.
1 kaitco 2019-01-12
It’s over for Rohirrimcels.
1 Whaddaulookinat 2019-01-12
"Do you want to read more?"
No, The Times, I do not
1 80BAIT08 2019-01-12
Fuck elves tbh.
1 dootwthesickness_II 2019-01-12
Fëanor did nothing wrong
1 Ebony_Eagle 2019-01-12
Orcs are inbred elves who want to industrialize, are probably cannibalistic, and enslave people. In what way could you read them as minorities without some racist ideology running through your head?
There are different ethnic groups/cultures represented in Tolkien with the human races none of them are really treated differently than the others, the orcs aren't meant to be anything other than an evil group, they aren't connected to any actual culture at all.
1 KarlMannheim 2019-01-12
Orcs are a race/religion of peace.