BeanisBrain [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoShame he missed Spain's First Astronaut by a few monthshexbear.netimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down10
arrow-up1134arrow-down1imageShame he missed Spain's First Astronaut by a few monthshexbear.netBeanisBrain [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareuSSRI [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 months agoAlso from South Africa pre-20th century even
minus-squareCarl [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·2 months agoWe can say at the very least that Tolkien wasn’t a Nazi, but unfortunately that still leaves him as an early 20th century lib, which is not a flattering thing to be.
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-22 months agoHe was 4 when they moved to England
minus-squarelil_tank [any, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 months agoStill raised by Boers tho
minus-squareMaoTheLawn [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-22 months agohey now the Brits hated the boers too we put them in concentration camps
minus-squareBeanisBrain [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoIt’s frankly a miracle he ended up anti-Apartheid before it was cool (1950s).
Also from South Africa pre-20th century even
We can say at the very least that Tolkien wasn’t a Nazi, but unfortunately that still leaves him as an early 20th century lib, which is not a flattering thing to be.
He was 4 when they moved to England
Still raised by Boers tho
hey now
the Brits hated the boers too
we put them in concentration camps
Oh my god
It’s frankly a miracle he ended up anti-Apartheid before it was cool (1950s).