The Ring Must Be Destroyed

...The Ring must be destroyed. VANDALS! YOU CAN'T ERASE MORDOR'S HISTORY A RING IS A RING WHY NOT DESTROY GANDALF'S STAFF TOO THEN? SARUMAN'S CHOICE NEEDS TO BE CONTEXTUALIZ

A Lord of the Rings council scene is edited with an argument about destroying the One Ring, while the characters protest that this would erase Mordor’s history and sarcastically ask why Gandalf’s staff should not also be destroyed. The joke mocks arguments against removing controversial symbols by applying the same logic to a fictional evil artifact. It is used as a reaction to debates about historical monuments, vandalism, and selective preservation. EN: A Lord of the Rings council scene is edited with an argument about destroying the One Ring, while the characters protest that this would erase Mordor’s history and sarcastically ask why Gandalf’s staff should not also be destroyed. The joke mocks arguments against removing controversial symbols by applying the same logic to a fictional evil artifact. It is used as a reaction to debates about historical monuments, vandalism, and selective preservation.

• @itvbia / 2544 2020-06-23