Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl...
by KyeRussell on Saturday February 18, 2023 @08:44PM
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As much as this is an obvious joke, it’s lazy and dangerous. Quite easily distinguishable from what this post is about. Conflating rewriting history with treating historical fictional works as living documents are two separate things, that deserve separate space for debate.
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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl...
by nonethewiser on Saturday February 18, 2023 @09:18PM
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Dangerous? Go outside
Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl...
by Sporktacular on Saturday February 18, 2023 @09:11PM
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Spot on. But it's a degree of nuance the anti-woke mob don't want to understand. It's good to see posts that try stamp out the culture war flames.
Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl...
by s1artibartfast on Sunday February 19, 2023 @01:12AM
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Dangerous in what way? Honest question
Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl...
by Sporktacular on Sunday February 19, 2023 @06:18PM
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So you think editing out offensive wording in fiction is equivalent to changing who the protagonists were in a historical event?
That is both silly and a hyperbolic attempt to shutdown a fair discussion that reasonable people might form differing conclusions from. Censorship isn't the only tool against free speech.
Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl...
by s1artibartfast on Sunday February 19, 2023 @09:18PM
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That still doesn't explain how the hyperbole is dangerous.
Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl...
by Sporktacular on Monday February 20, 2023 @03:37PM
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Shutting down a reasonable conversation you don't agree with is tantamount to censorship. If you don't consider that dangerous, well again, reasonable people will disagree.