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Yeah, same here. I tried to read old American science fiction, the so-called western classics and the so-called eastern classics. All of that stuff is racist, s
by gambler 6y ago
Yeah, same here. I tried to read old American science fiction, the so-called western classics and the so-called eastern classics. All of that stuff is racist, sexist and bigoted. After many unsuccessful tries I decided that reading anything from other times and cultures is just too regressive to be worth it. After all, what can someone as bigoted and outdated as Asimov really teach us about society and technology in 2020? What can Jane Austen with her internalized misogyny tell us about human nature? I will stick to modern and progressive literature, thank-you-very-much.
And so should you. In fact, those old books can be downright dangerous and normalize regressive behaviors that will cause real harm. I mean, today we are rightfully worried about individual bigoted tweets and messages, but imagine someone reading an entire book of that stuff?
- Miraste 6y ago>I decided that reading anything from other times and cultures is just too regressive to be worth it. . . What can [they] tell us about human nature Are you serious? You don't think there is any insight into human nature in the works of anyone, ever, except the exact values of the culture you happen to live in at this particular point in time? Edit: ugh, I had to go look at your other comments to tell if this was sarcasm. It seems it was, and satire and reality have converged too much for me to differentiate.
- gambler 6y ago> Are you serious? No. Are we already at the point where a suggestion to read nothing outside your own cultural bubble can be interpreted as a serious comment? If we are, this is seriously disturbing.
- Miraste 6y agoYes, I've just realized that, my apologies. I can't tell any more.
- ycombinete 6y agoWe are in fact, sadly there. Poe’s Law in action. I totally thought you were being sincere. I was becoming more indignant with each sentence!
- ericmcer 6y agoGreat Sarcasm. I said 'I hate to play the misogyny card' and I do, because I knew people would hone in on that and ignore what I was trying to say, such is our political climate.
- gambler 6y ago> I knew people would hone in on that and ignore what I was trying to say You were forcing your reference frame onto a science fiction novel and presenting that as critique. Complaining about newspapers and tapes in space is actually more of the same thing, except explaining why it's not a good way to treat fiction would take way longer.