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octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 1 day agoif someone is not able to distinguish between fiction (regardless of the medium) and reality, then the problem is much deeper than pearl-clutching religious fanatics insist on believing, and will NOT be solved by abolishing all the “bad” fiction
We’ve been trying to make this exact argument to the exact same group of people since the earliest days of D&D and I’m sure someone was having the same conversation about some other thing before that. 😠
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
They used to think novels were bad for women in the 18th and 19th centuries bc they worried they were too dumb to separate fact from fantasy
…nytimes.com/…/when-novels-were-bad-for-you/
octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Don’t worry, maga will get us back there soon enough…