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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's a slippery slope indeed to condemn earlier generations for not sharing the moral standards of today. What, I wonder, will people of the 22nd century think about us?
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Especially since there are enough authors Today condone and whitewash injustices. These people we can do something about.
What can you do about Lovecraft? Except complain he had one set of norms for his time, while other authors rejected/were not socialized into those norms. You will find such dichotomies of norms in every society.