Thread by @ChrisHohnholz

You know, it’s a funny thing, there are no end of progressives who complain that literature & art of old is “too white” or “too male.” But when they have the opportunity to make something new, something that reflects what they want, what do they do? Steal from the very things 1/

they hate. They take the stories they say are seriously problematic and then try to remake it in their image. Why? Because they don’t want to really make new art, new literature, new entertainment. That takes work. That takes dedication. That takes time. And they don’t want to 2/

spend time working on something great that makes people think, that challenges the heart and mind over time. They just want everyone to think exactly like they do right this minute. So they steal from what came before. They promise something great will come of it, but it’s 3/

dull, it’s lackluster, it has no imagination. But it has lots of diversity. The diversity they approve of. And that’s often all it has. Because great art means having characters that aren’t all equal. You need to have bad and good. Rich and poor. Tyranny and sacrifice. All the 4/

things that make a story rich. But modern diversity and equality can’t handle that. You can’t tell that kind of story because people might like the idea that not everything can or needs to be equal. That’s why most modern entertainment is garbage. That’s why there are so many 5/

remakes. Because equality stories have nothing to offer. No sense of the underdog overcoming. No good sacrificing to end the evil. It’s bland, dull, boring. So they take from what was great, mix in their brand of diversity, dilute what was beautiful, and make it worthless. 6/

They want the platform true art offers, they want the spotlight they can gain from it, but they want none of the work. And when we call it out for the stinking heap it is? Well, we are bigots, intolerant, misogynistic, and haters. The problem can’t be them, it can’t be the 7/

obvious thievery and terrible adulteration, it can only be that we are bigoted people. And what that means for the future of art is a terrifying thing. 8/End

Addendum: “Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made.” - JRR Tolkien