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by nsantos 1546 days ago
Definitely not PC/woke by today's standards. But by the standards of the time, his writing was routinely considered to be scandalous, especially his latter works. It helps, as with everything, to put things into context.

Although, even I, fanatic that I am, would have a really hard time trying to explain his Sixth Column.

But I'd like to imagine that he would have continued to become more socially progressive over the years, and would probably be loudly advocating for even more progressive ideals today, if he were alive today.