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TFA lost credibility when it started with a series of unnecessary and vicious swipes at monasteries and 9th century Ireland. You don't need to be bigoted to pro
by NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
TFA lost credibility when it started with a series of unnecessary and vicious swipes at monasteries and 9th century Ireland. You don't need to be bigoted to promote an idea about typography.
- nitin-pai 3y agoThere is no bigotry in the post and the references to monasteries are not even disparaging.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y ago> unlike most people, you can read > another long day > bitterly cold scriptorium > city of fleas > parchment, which stinks > candle, which stinks Author managed to disparage literacy rates (literacy was mostly unnecessary in the 9th c.), monks' work ethic, their resilience to a cooler climate, their closeness to animals, and their good stewardship of animal products. Author paints a fake word-picture of disgusting and wretched conditions that can be blamed on the monks themselves, or the patriarchy or something. I can't think of any way this single paragraph could be more disparaging of the whole scenario.