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Originally Posted by issybird
I also think it become harder to accept the offensive the more recent it becomes, i.e., people should have known better and unless the author’s making a point, nuh-uh.
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Yes, of course. I've enjoyed reading about characters living thousands of years in the past who keep slaves and are by today's standards male chauvinist pigs. Would I enjoy reading about such a character living in the 20th or 21st century? Naturally not. Unless the character in question is an alien from a different culture, and even then I would probably roll my eyes at them.