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Subject: Re: [OT] Diversity cult coming for Shakespeare
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:45:03 -0400
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On 3/20/2025 12:10 PM, Rhino wrote:
> William Shakespeare is apparently so "problematic" that activists are 
> working hard to "de-colonize" him. Leo Kearse explains:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuNgnoBSXAA [18 minutes]
> 
> As Kearse points out, it is *extremely* ironic that the people in the 
> Shakespeare Trust, who are supposed to be fans of his work, are the ones 
> trying to "de-colonize" him. With "friends" like that, who needs enemies?

Shakespeare was a playwright and poet.  His actual verbiage is what we 
admire, rather than whatever philosophy we might gratuitously infer from 
it.  "Polishing" his words would be like applying CGI to the Mona Lisa.