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Originally Posted by hildea
Some clarifications to my last post:
And a question to those of you who don't see a problem with these books: Can you really say, with a straight face, that stories which romanticise nazis, trivialise the horror of slavery in the US, and make light of racism and antisemitism, don't hurt people? Truly?
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No. But most things in fiction have power to hurt someone or other. Description of rape could hurt any rape victim, description of torture could hurt any person who has been tortured, description of war could hurt anyone who has experienced war firsthand. Trivial or amusing depiction of a religion could hurt any person of that religion, and so on and so forth. In short, almost nothing would get written. People who are afraid they would be hurt by a book are perfectly free not to read said book.
And why is trivializing the slavery in the US worse than trivializing the slavery in Ancient Rome or in a fantasy world? Slavery in real life is awful and must be condemned, I don't think any sane person would doubt that. But describing slavery in fiction? I don't think so.