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come to think of it, Hobbits and dwarfs have also been grossly caricatured. As have goblins and those "swarthy men" from South (or whatever). Tolkien's in big trouble. He is alienating us from the whole of Middle Earth, no doubt.
There is "The Last Ringbearer" [1] for an alternative view. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer
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"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon." It's hard to argue that thoughtful articles like this one don't pertain to an interesting new phenomenon. This concept is, of course, highly subjective. But I've seen countless articles on HN that existed in this space without being flagged. Why should this article, which garnered such high volum…
Articles rise and fall because of luck partly. And having more comments than points works against them. It's programmed in as a sign the discussion has more heat than light. Which it does. You think the article is thoughtful because you agree with it. The article itself said the phenomenon isn't new. And interest declines when we get several articles a week about the same thing.
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Much of the reaction is people who want to be transgressive but don't truly have the stomach for it. Especially if twitter chatter can break their spirit. There are new conventions forming. Writers who want to break them need to learn how to put up their fists. And writing a medium article complaining about cancel culture is not how that is done.
How is it done then?