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Woke Tolkien Activists In The Silmarillion Writers Guild Push False Narrative "Orcs Are People"

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Dec 23, 2024
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Periodically, woke activists in science fiction and fantasy attempt to turn the fantasy race of orcs from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings into a cause of their identity political activism. They’re at it again, circulating a post titled “Orcs Are People,” which once again calls orcs a “racist stereotype.”

The attempt to humanize orcs has gone on for a …

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