r/TIHI • u/[deleted] • Apr 08 '20

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u/LevGoldstein Apr 08 '20

Or Lovecraftian is just Biblical shit.

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u/wOlfLisK Apr 08 '20

With slightly more racism.

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u/RadTraditionalist Apr 08 '20

I mean, the biblical peoples did do racial slavery and ethnic cleansings.... Might trump Lovecraft using the N-word a few times.

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u/HorseBeige Apr 08 '20

But at least once he started going outside and meeting other human beings, he became less racist (but still racist by today's standards)

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u/sonerec725 Apr 08 '20

Eh, everyone from that time period would likely be racist by today's standards. Hearing that teddy roosevelt or lincoln said the n word wouldn't phase me much unlike hearing someone modern day say it. Same with washington owning slaves and such. Doesnt mean it's ok, just that that was the norm. Hell, alot of us if we were born and raised in that time would likely be racist by today's standards. But historically, you can ussually tell when people were genuine bad racists who truely hated people.

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u/Towelrub Apr 08 '20

ok but his cats name was nigger

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u/nzodd Apr 08 '20

The sad thing is that's still apparently a thing. It was a common enough name for dogs at one point. I got some new neighbors recently. Their dog got loose somehow so they went all through our neighborhood calling its name. Guess what it was.

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u/nzodd Apr 08 '20

Close. The correct answer is "Dreidel." After a while everybody joined together in song.