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Originally Posted by Despanan
That doesn't mean he's not right on the money about Lovecraft. The dude's themes are highly disturbing (and not in a good way). You can appreciate his work for it's influence on western literature, and I can admit he knows how to craft a fairly interesting story from time to time, but there's really no reason to "Like" lovecraft unless you're a Goth, a racist, or both.
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Lovecraft sometimes gets comically racist, I'll agree with you there. But it is vastly problematic to disparage his entire catalogue because of this, nor indeed is there much reason to suggest that he was vastly wrong on many of these topics. Certainly he was wrong to an extent - and indeed, sometimes that extent is very big when he gets it wrong - but his actual positions often make sense. For instance: It is fairly apparent (see Paris Riots of a few years ago) that cosmpolitanism provides no foundation for society.