Right wing critics complain that new “Lord of the Rings” show is too racially diverse and woke:
The new "Lord of the Rings" Amazon series has cast non-White actors in pivotal roles, ruffling some fans who say it betrays J.R.R. Tolkien's original vision. Others say a more diverse cast of heroes is overdue in a fantasy franchise that has been accused of implicit racism.
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They’re so obsessed with this nonsense.
Who is "they're"? I see it from both sides.
They’re conservatives who are overly obsessed with too much diversity.
And the other side is obsessed with the "white washing" of Hollywood. Both, as another poster has pointed out, are unbearable.
Obviously I’m not as critical of the other side because the history is so awful. On the other hand I don’t really care much.
But the bigger issue is that the right in this country is obsessed with cultural and woke issues: diversity, trans, what’s taught in schools. They don’t seem to approve of the positive changes we are slowly achieving as a society.
See I think it’s exactly the opposite - that it’s the Left that is obsessed with diversity, trans, and other cultural issues, and Conservatives are just responding to itq. Left is instigating changes that many people on all sides of the political spectrum believe go over the line. Tim, do you actually hang out in any social circles that don’t just include liberals? It’s an honest question. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, I talk with a lot of Conservatives and I can only think of one or two times in the last 20 years where I’ve heard something that was out right racist or homophobic. I live in a very rural part of a very liberal state, but my son goes to Clemson and I do spend a fair amount of time down south.
What I do hear a lot are people politely reacting to situations where liberals have just gone too far. An example of that is the trans track runner that was so famous in Connecticut. I told the story a few times in here but that athlete was in the same conference as my son’s school And we competed against him/her quite a bit. It was a very controversial topic, and yes there were petitions set around objecting to this person being able to compete as a girl. In all of this there wasn’t any ugliness at all. Without exception people would say that they liked Adriane, but that they didn’t think it was fair from a competitive standpoint.
Same thing goes for the child trans issues. I think most people are rightfully concerned about bringing complex personal issues like sexuality into elementary schools. That goes for straight and trans issues. It’s too young. Let kids be kids and deal with those issues at a more appropriate age in their development.
Once again, when these discussions have come up in my conservative circles, I always hear people go out of their way to say that they don’t care what adults do behind closed doors. “Live and let live“ is what I always hear. But children are different, and society has a moral obligation to protect those who can’t protect themselves.
If an alien came to this planet and I and only looked at this forum, they would swear that Conservatives are the most hateful, racist, homophobic, bigoted people in the universe. Look, I don’t doubt that there’s a certain amount of this bigotry in the country, but it’s not at all close to the level that is expressed in this forum. Maybe the situation is much more serious and I’m just not seeing it, but based on how Liberals treat Conservatives in here I think it’s much more likely that liberals are way over stating how bad things are.