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JK Rowling is far more like Elon Musk. (slrpnk.net)
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[–] Kickforce@lemmy.wtf 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah and Lovecraft came to see his racism was wrong before the end of his short life. Rowling so far has only clamped down harder on her detrimental bullshit.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Is that true? I'm an HP Lovecraft head and had never heard that

[–] Thomrade@lemm.ee 7 points 19 hours ago

In his later letters to, and I could be wrong about the recipient, Robert E Howard he lamented that he wasted so much time being afraid of other cultures, and recognised his xenophobia as ignorance.