@MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 2 years agoRoald Dahl museum condemns author's 'undeniable' racismwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down15file-text
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minus-square@Crackhappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•2 years agoSee orson Scott card as another more modern example. Still a great author.
minus-square@FlowVoid@midwest.sociallinkfedilink4•2 years agoI don’t have a problem with that. There are plenty of decent Mormons, just like there are plenty of decent people in any religion. But I do have a problem with Card’s rabid homophobia.
minus-squareHelixDablinkfedilink1•2 years agoThe fact that there are decent Mormons doesn’t mean that the entire religion itself isn’t a steaming pile of rancid dog shit. I was raised in it.
See orson Scott card as another more modern example. Still a great author.
Pity about being Mormon though.
I don’t have a problem with that. There are plenty of decent Mormons, just like there are plenty of decent people in any religion.
But I do have a problem with Card’s rabid homophobia.
The fact that there are decent Mormons doesn’t mean that the entire religion itself isn’t a steaming pile of rancid dog shit.
I was raised in it.