[deely3]

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[rambojohnson]

yikes, while your points about Dostoevsky’s views are worth discussing, proclaiming what is or isn't appropriate for this forum as though you're its arbiter seems presumptuous. surely we can engage without the obnoxious gatekeeping of the conversation...

[jjtheblunt]

it's particularly ironic considering he's discussing Dostoevskiy behaving just as his discussion itself of Dostoevskiy behaves. So silly.

[mrtksn]

Lot's of great people are terrible in some aspect or another. Seeking saints is counterproductive since this is not about celebrating these people's character but their great work.

The whole cancel culture is deeply misguided. It's analogous to expecting wisdom on everything from people who are extremely good at this one thing, but in reverse. It never ends well.

[deely3]

Sure. I just wish I can recount these wise words to my friends killed by russians army.

[havblue]

Slavophilia is a concept that is hundreds of years old and is essential in understanding the historical and cultural differences between the West and Russia and of course how they interpreted the Enlightenment. This is on the level of importance of Orthodoxy versus Catholicism. It's fine of course to disagree with or dislike historical figures whose views you find abhorrent. Saying that they should not be discussed comes across as McCarthyism.

[soperj]

Didn't Dostoevsky spend time in Siberia, and basically just miss being executed for offending the Czar?