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Dostoyevsky was also a nationalist, right? He had a lot of bad things to say about Germans and Polish. I am comfortable just reading his work and taking what I
by darepublic 4y ago
Dostoyevsky was also a nationalist, right? He had a lot of bad things to say about Germans and Polish. I am comfortable just reading his work and taking what I appreciate from it and disregarding the dated or problematic parts. Would have no issue applying the same logic to Pushkin
- dynamic_sausage 4y agoThis is a good point. Just like it should be ok to read Kipling for his literary merits, keeping in mind you don't have to agree with his politics.