Comments by "oneoflokis" (@oneoflokis) on "SIR KEIR STARMER: Red Tory, Or Skilled Political Operator?" video.
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Hmm well: the rest of this might be all right: but for one thing, Roald Dahl's language, in his writing for children is NOT outdated. And a "lefty" of sorts of your age, should KNOW THAT!! 😏 I think that you are still shamelessly cowering to the "young, woke" mob. All of whom are upper-middle-class anyway: so no working class person ever cared about such a thing! 😏
Blatant racism is one thing: using "language" that might make "snowflakes" feel "offended" - eg calling Augustus Gloop "fat" or even "fat and greedy" is another. 😏
Dahl was fine with even middle-class children and their parents in the 2000s: he got a posthumous award, as something like the UK's favourite children's writer!
The Spectator was right to point out and criticise the spineless censorship of today's publishers. It's a pity that only a right wing magazine was prepared to do that. A large wing of the left has descended into puritan identity politics. We don't NEED any bowdlerisation of children's literature thought perfectly fit for purpose 20 years ago.
I have ALSO noted in older British writers, such as Dahl (especially him!), C S Lewis etc, quite an underlying sense of justice (hence Dahl's horrible humorous punishments for horrible adult's and the odd horrid kid) and a detestation of bullies and bullying. This contrasts with the works of one or two much NEWER, younger writers, including a woman writer I can think of, who, to my consternation, appear to condone bullying. Of certain people. Of men by women. Of outsiders and so on.
You WON'T find that in Dahl. 😡
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