arvidsem
arvidsem t1_j6l7q6a wrote
Reply to comment by lordpan in The letters of T. S. Eliot to Emily Hale that were kept sealed from 1956 to 2020 have been released for free online by RunDNA
Be fair, he was way more racist than a normal New Englander. To be clear, the average New Englander was pretty damn racist, but H. P. Lovecraft would have placed first in the racism Olympics, but he refused to compete on the grounds that lesser people would be there.
arvidsem t1_iu7j3jx wrote
Reply to comment by CorpseOnMars in Revisiting the great exploding trousers epidemic of the 1930s by marketrent
Don't worry, they knew that the lead was a bad idea when they started. Leaded gasoline should probably be considered a crime against humanity.
arvidsem t1_j6o94ti wrote
Reply to comment by lordpan in The letters of T. S. Eliot to Emily Hale that were kept sealed from 1956 to 2020 have been released for free online by RunDNA
No, he was pretty damn racist even for living when and where he did.
There is a pretty good run down here. Skip the first half and start at "Response to those who say Lovecraft merely reflected the racism and hatred of his times"