Disagree. That comment is the definition of “being deliberately stupid as fuck.”

Jesus Christ, the bad takes some of these commenters are serving up.

And your comment is the definition of “missing the point”

Oooooookay.

If ignoring them was the answer, racism would be eradicated already.  They need to be put on blast at each and every occurrence. And to our white allies, you need to also put them on blast.

And not for nothing, Middle Earth is meant to be the actual Earth, just in an imaginary time period.

I know, right?? They’re okay with walking, talking trees, a gigantic, flame-breathing dragon, and an immortal evil wizard for God’s sake, but a nonwhite elf is just too much.

And she showed off her pregnancy.  Go girl.

Can confirm!

can we just go back to ignoring racists complaints instead of entertaining them with weeks of blogs?

I am honestly just so upset about the continued attack on the NHS. I moved here from the US just before getting pregnant, and I could not believe (I mean, I could but...) how easy everything was. Just signed up for a GP and went in for my appointments, and never a single penny to pay or haggling phone call with an…

Watching Black Twitter and Irish Twitter over the last few days reminded me of The Commitments: “The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once and say it out loud, I’m black and I’m proud.” The mutual appreciation between…

I didn’t recognize that was Kim in the picture.

Oh sweet summer child.... you ARE out of the loop, aren’t you?

Don Marshall, who is tagged on those posts, is the creator of the t-shirts/hats/merch and a deeply nerdy LOTR fan who posts excellent content on TikTok - definitely worth a follow if you like that sort of thing. He’s planning to donate 50% of the proceeds to a charity TBD that benefits POCs.

Not the point of the article, but Monaghan and Boyd are still simply adorable even with graying hair. Also, I was going to write a snarky response about the asshole in the CNN op ed, but this dude already has it covered:

I don’t think of myself as a particularly violent person but.... when I read people say patently stupid things like LOTR is only white people, I just want to slap the shit out of the person saying it.

I like to console myself that as a Peruvian man, I’m a fucking giant in my birthland at a whopping 5'8" (in hiking boots). I’m fucking huge! and you cannot convince me otherwise. Now excuse me, I’m off to try on youth large band tee’s.

my first girlfriend was taller than me and gave me piggy back rides everywhere. I did not mind at all

I wouldn’t mind having a tall girlfriend.