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peoples' outrage at this book appears to be inversely proportional to how much they have read or understood it.
by fifticon 1y ago
peoples' outrage at this book appears to be inversely proportional to how much they have read or understood it.
- Tade0 1y agoSimilar thing, though due to different reasons, with Mein Kampf - I seriously doubt more than a minor fraction of all neonazis read the whole thing because: 1. It's a brick at ~780 pages in the full text version. 2. The Austrian painter was an even worse writer and the book reads like a huge rant the likes of which you could read on Voat back when it still existed.
- graemep 1y agoMein Kampf IS a rant. I recommend people read it so you can understand how people like that think. This is also a valid reason for reading Lolita (although at least Lolita is well written).
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 1y agoJust skimming the Wikipedia article, it seems like conspiratorial thinking is a factor. That reminds me, I need to sit down and finish the new Contrapoints video on conspiracies
- TimorousBestie 1y agoThe Contrapoints video is a bit repetitive in places, but very good. She continues to impress.