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Fenriswolf 11/04/23 9:01:39 AM #1: |
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/03/the-lord-of-the-rings-italy-giorgia-meloni-tolkien
As a longtime fan of JRR Tolkien, Ive long felt put out by Giorgia Melonis bizarre obsession with The Lord of the Rings. Over the years, Italys ultra-conservative prime minister has quoted passages in interviews, shared photos of herself reading the novel and even posed with a statue of the wizard Gandalf as part of a campaign. In her autobiography-slash-manifesto, she dedicates several pages to her favourite book, which she refers to at one point as being a sacred text. When I read the news this week that Italys culture ministry is spending 250,000 to organise a Tolkien show at Romes National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, and that Meloni will attend the opening, I couldnt help wondering: why? What is this government trying to achieve by stamping its mark so aggressively on one of the worlds most loved fantasy sagas? --- Hello ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ANort175 11/04/23 9:03:32 AM #2: |
As an expert on propaganda yourself, which fantasy book series would you recommend they use instead?
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Southernfatman 11/04/23 9:04:53 AM #3: |
Tolkien would think she's a ____. He was anti-fascist and was against his works being used for such bullshit.
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LeCh0nk 11/04/23 9:08:02 AM #4: |
To be fair it's not that far off other country's far right extremists using the bible as propaganda, and purposefully misconstruing the messaging to fit their agenda.
As a lover of Tolkien's work though, I'm personally pissed off it's being used like this. --- @('_')@ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Ricemills 11/04/23 9:27:36 AM #6: |
Alt right has been using LotR as their propaganda tool for years.
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ai123 11/04/23 9:32:16 AM #8: |
You can't stop evil people from liking the things you like.
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LaLeyenda 11/04/23 9:42:26 AM #10: |
JRR Tolkien would roll over in his grave.
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WesternMedia 11/07/23 6:35:17 AM #11: |
This the woman that used anime too right?
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Foppe 11/07/23 6:41:10 AM #12: |
We need more people like Ilona Staller instead.
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majin_nemesis 11/07/23 6:50:09 AM #13: |
JRR Tolkien is about to rise from his grave and kick her ass ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Jiek_Fafn 11/07/23 6:52:49 AM #15: |
Sauron did nothing wrong!
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Zwijn 11/07/23 6:56:56 AM #16: |
[LFAQs-redacted-quote] Beats me. Not only were the media they say went woke already like that for ages, the media they do worship has been like that for ages as well. He-Man? Written by diversity team in the eighties. Sailor Moon was so gay it was censored here. Marvel did social justice since they came into being. Beyond good and evil 1 is literally leftist agendas the videogame so why are the trailers for 2 so surprising to them? Nearly every art is leftist in nature. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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trivialbeing 11/11/23 7:27:45 PM #20: |
[LFAQs-redacted-quote] Tolkien was far from liberal even at the time wdym? He supported the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Garabandal 11/11/23 7:29:04 PM #21: |
Fascists think they're Gondor or Rohan, but in actuality fascists are the orcs. They even do the same petty infighting that orcs do.
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Kradek 11/11/23 9:51:53 PM #23: |
LeCh0nk posted...
To be fair it's not that far off other country's far right extremists using the bible as propaganda, and purposefully misconstruing the messaging to fit their agenda. The difference is religion was created in part to manipulate and control society through propaganda. That was not the point of Tolkein writing. --- My metal band, Ivory King, has 2 songs out now - allmylinks.com/ivorykingtx (all of our links there so you can choose which one you'd prefer to use) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Funkydog 11/11/23 10:41:24 PM #24: |
In the past, Tolkien wrote to tell such people to go fuck themselves and that they didnt have his approval.
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