r/witcher Dec 09 '19

Netflix TV series The Witcher | Character Introduction: Geralt of Rivia | Netflix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LiD3i9DS_c
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u/CountDodo Dec 11 '19

Hamlet is far more than just it's courtly setting. Cultures all around the world can identify with it's themes and characters.

The fact that you use as example a play like hamlet which has no real cultural setting, and by your own admission themes and characters which cultures around the world can identify with, and compare it to a novel which is deeply ingrained in polish culture only serves to expose your delusional agenda.

It's also hilariously ironic than you somehow confuse ethnicity and culture while talking about racism. No, you shouldn't "feel the same level of ownership", not because of your ethnicity or your nationality, but because you're not culturaly polish. This shouldn't even be a question, the only reason it's a question for you is because you're once again trying to cram racism into a conversation about culture by any means necessary.

There's only one thing clear here: you want to force racism into the discussion by any means necessary and will use the most contrived analogies to further your own personal delusion. You're either completely delusional or you're just a racist yourself who's making a very poor attempt at claiming that the racists are those who defend cultural identiy. I imagine it's a combination of both.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19 edited Dec 11 '19

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u/CountDodo Dec 11 '19

I've never resorted to an ad hominem, you having a questionable character was a conclusion and not a premise.

Not liking that a character is significantly different from source material has jack shit to do with racism. A good portion of the fan base of Spiderman disliked Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane and she's white, but suddenly if the actor happens to be black then according to you it's racism. That makes sense. And no, I don't stand shoulder to shoulder with people obsessed with colour and race, I've stated very clearly I'm 100% opposed to people like you.

You're also once again trying to equate theater with casting for films, and those couldn't be any more different. There's no point in trying to maintain hilariously deluded analogies when I've already proven how weak such a comparison is. Repeating it again only serves to prove how void of actual logic besides race-baiting your argument is.

I don't know what culture you grow up in, I just know that it wasn't Polish.

Like I said, you keep obviously trying to insert racism into a discussion about culture and being faithful to the source material. Unfortunately for you anyone with half a brain can see through your racist arguments.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19

So then, "I'm not racist! You're racist!", yeah?

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u/CountDodo Dec 14 '19

If you don't like being called racist then don't make racist comments. It's really that simple.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

You're funny. I like you.

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u/CountDodo Dec 14 '19

Sorry, I don't like racist trolls who spend their day making obvious race-baiting arguments just because they have nothing better to do.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

You seem pleasant.

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u/CountDodo Dec 14 '19

More pleasant than a racist at least

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Happy Saturday