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fandomsecrets2017-02-26 03:44 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #3707 ⌋
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Re: Book club - February discussion
Yeah you're talking about Shad Ledue. He was Doremus' "hired man" (I guess just kind of a groundskeeper-type thing). He's very much like a Trump supporter, fits all the stereotypes. I kinda feel bad saying that lol. But he's an ass and likes lording it over everyone, has no idea how infeasible Windrip's plans are, probably less educated, etc.
Yeah the thing about people looking at Brexit and then saying "well I'll vote third party because Hillary will win anyway" FASLDKJF;LJKL;LSKJDF;LKJA. it's like come ON. It's one of the things that really depresses and worries me - how are people supposed to learn from the history of the 1930s and 1940s if they can't learn from the history of the past few months??
Yeah the cheating bit sucked, even though I liked Lorinda a lot. It kinda sucks because I think Doremus really loved both of them and would have been happy to be with both of them but the idea of polyamory was like...not even a thing back then. And it doesn't excuse actual cheating, which I abhor. Sissy's suggesting of it was pretty funny in context but like, come on girl, do you want to wreck your parents' marriage??
Yeah so the time period was only about 15 years post-women's suffrage so I'm sure there was a lot of contention and still a lot of dissenters. And I think there was a little upward mobility probably for black people at the time but Windrip wanted to get rid of what little there was. The black man had had the vote for much longer than any women, and Windrip wanted to take that away too. His whole segment of his platform on "the Negro" was so revolting :| and it's interesting to me that even for the time that was controversial. There were undoubtedly a lot of white people who would have agreed and supported it but also a lot of people both black and white who would have vehemently opposed it even then, I think.
Re: Book club - February discussion
I also know a lot of Trump supporters who honestly don't care about the rest of the world and either thought Brexit was a good thing or didn't pay attention to it or why they should care.
I liked Lorinda too but his nonchalance towards cheating on his wife bothered me.
And yes I agree with your assessment of Windrip's platform on "the Negro," but I also know a lot of racist people who only know of Muslims as something other people see and instead deal with blacks in their daily lives (I know a lot of rural Southerners who feel this way).
Interestingly, I read an article on cracked about why more liberals live in cities and why, which also sort of sticks out here, where Doremus ignored the issue until it actually started hurting his paper.
At least this book has given us a lot of things to talk about.
Re: Book club - February discussion
And yeah a lot of Trump supporters don't give a shit about the rest of the world. It's all about 'murica! And nothing else matters. Which is not only morally wrong but also going to bite them in the butt if they get their way.
Re: Book club - February discussion
And I don't think people realize what a global economy we are now. Already tourism is down and that's going to hurt us long term.
Re: Book club - February discussion
(Anonymous) 2017-02-27 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Book club - February discussion
I wish some level of global studies was required. Social studies in high school is pretty much exclusively history which is important but we need a lot more focus on current events, happenings both local and global, and politics.
Re: Book club - February discussion
A friend and I have been talking about how we see how Hitler came to power and Stalin too. I have a friend who is from Russia and her relatives lived decently during Stalin and remember the good, not the bad.