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Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx
I read the language in these books as being pertinent to the time and place of the author, and the author's ideas of setting. What concerns me is if someone tries to inform me that in their opinion x book or author is racist, anti whatever religion or whatever, explicit language and sex, because they have used sentiments common to the day. I can make.my own mind up about such things and don't want a nanny state intervening.
One book that surely comes to mind for all of us is Lady Chatterley's Lover, censored until it wasn't.
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What we have to do is separate the language of the times from racism/antisemitism/etc. Because what is racism/antisemitism/etc. is not always because of the language of the times.