Dreher, Tettenborn, and their compatriots do not actually attempt to make an argument against these views, instead they merely treat it as prima facie absurd to even entertain them, laughing at the idea that any “traditional bibliophile” could be interested in exploring concepts of queerness, colonialism, racism, or disability in the works of Tolkien. Specially, over the idea that the talks this year are too “woke”, that they engage with questions of gay interpretations of Lord of the Rings and other suchlike aspects of Tolkien scholarship that they deem too radical. Over the last month or so, there’s been a bit of an ongoing meltdown over the contents of the Tolkien Society’s annual Summer Seminar.
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