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Originally Posted by slowmover
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There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially-crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs. |
Who are you quoting? Or is this your own pseudo-analysis presented in an officious way?
The implication is that if any one enjoys either book for any reason, that they must have an "emotionally stunted, socially-crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world".
Wow. That's certainly "tarring with a broad brush"...
...but I'm not surprised by the tactic.