• kibiz0r@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      The ring doesn’t exist. And if it does, it’s not that bad. And if it is, we can use it for good. And if we can’t, it’s cuz we deserve it.

    • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      It is the opinion of the Supreme Court of Gondor that evil no longer exists and thus pursuing endless power over Men through the use of the Ring is permissable and unlikely to result in ruin or abuse of power. So sayeth we all.

    • Hextic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      “we don’t need to throw the FAKE ring into the fire! We can just eat lembas bread! That one guy ate some and didn’t get killed by an Orc I don’t care what Woke Rivendell says!”

  • dub@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Unironically this is what would have happened in real life. Every fantasy good and evil conflict would have morons like we do now clamoring for ‘bOtH SiDEs’

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      The idiots clamoring for “both sides” wouldn’t be as loud and numerous if “fair and balanced” Orc News wasn’t pumping out Mordor’s propaganda 24/7.

  • BenVimes@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    “Yeah, Sauron and the orcs are bent on conquering everything and enslaving everyone, but Denethor is mean to one of his sons, so there are no angels here. I can’t in good conscience support the Free Peoples until he apologises and steps down.”

  • CaptainEffort@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    I’m open to being wrong, but I still think old shitty statues and stuff should be put in a museum or something. I think it’s important to preserve history, especially when it represents something bad. The Holocaust museum is a solid example, and imo is incredibly important.

    I’d even say the same for the One Ring if there wasn’t the chance for someone to reclaim it and become all powerful. I mean is it even possible to contain it?

    • Lemdee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I mean is it even possible to contain it?

      No. Somebody even wrote three whole books to say it can’t be contained. They’re pretty good too.

    • UlrikHD@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I think it’s a reference to the fact you got Americans defending a faction that started a civil war over the right to own other people.

      • DaveNa@lemmy.mlEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        Got you. But I don’t think it’s a “reference to a fact that there are Americans.” Is that well worded? And after you pointed it out (thanks). Isn’t the meme referring to the destruction of Confederate monuments/stuff?

        • UlrikHD@programming.devEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          My impression is that it was a reference to confederate statues/stuff being removed. I don’t think there are many non-Americans that really care about that topic which is why I specified.

          • DaveNa@lemmy.mlEnglish
            0·
            1 year ago

            Yeah, I heard about it like a year ago or more, not now. Maybe they are at it again. But the first thing you think when you read the meme is the opposite of the title, you know, the people that scream and cry about everything, everywhere. You know, minorities. And they are not associated to the left. But idk, maybe I and decades of history around the world are wrong. Thanks for your feedback.