• Mr Fish@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Anyone who hasn’t seen it before, go read Tolkien’s letter to the nazis when he wanted to publish the hobbit in Germany.

    I am not of Aryan extraction: that is Indo-Iranian; as far as I am aware none of my ancestors spoke Hindustani, Persian, Gypsy, or any related dialects. But if I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted people