minus-squarekulak_inspektor [comrade/them]hexbear15·3 years agoKinda confused about Roald Dahl, what did he do to get cancelled? link
minus-squareRNAi [he/him]hexagonhexbear23·3 years agoHe lived 100 years ago, of course there are reasons to cancel him. link
minus-squarekulak_inspektor [comrade/them]hexbear17·3 years agoWell yeah, but I want to know the history. It reads like he said some weird stuff about Jews after Israel's invasion of Lebanon, but I didnt know what else he said link
minus-squareinvalidusernamelol [he/him]hexbear26·3 years agoCharlie and the chocolate factory way kinda edited down because the racism in it was pretty bad. The oompa loompas weren't initially orange. link
minus-squareSacred_Excrement [comrade/them]hexbear24·edit-23 years agoOh. So I looked this up out of morbid curiosity, and found what everyone already kind of knew after reading that: Dahl initially wrote them as African pygmies who were brought as slaves to work in Willy Wonka's factory. link
minus-squareDirtbagVegan [he/him]hexbear23·3 years ago The oompa loompas weren’t initially orange. :what-the-hell: link
minus-squarekulak_inspektor [comrade/them]hexbear22·3 years agoAnd changing them to orange didnt really help link
minus-squareCrowtee_Robot [he/him]hexbear15·3 years agoHahaha they were originality blue, right? Right?! :jokerfied: link
minus-squareBeamBrain [he/him]hexbear7·3 years agoSaid that the Jews deserved the Holocaust No, I am not exaggerating link
Kinda confused about Roald Dahl, what did he do to get cancelled?
He lived 100 years ago, of course there are reasons to cancel him.
Well yeah, but I want to know the history. It reads like he said some weird stuff about Jews after Israel's invasion of Lebanon, but I didnt know what else he said
Charlie and the chocolate factory way kinda edited down because the racism in it was pretty bad. The oompa loompas weren't initially orange.
Oh.
So I looked this up out of morbid curiosity, and found what everyone already kind of knew after reading that:
:deeper-sadness: Jesus christ
:what-the-hell:
And changing them to orange didnt really help
Hahaha they were originality blue, right? Right?! :jokerfied:
:ohnoes:
Said that the Jews deserved the Holocaust
No, I am not exaggerating