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Bryn D asked this question about The Bear and the Dragon (John Clark, #3; Jack Ryan Universe, #11):
From the handful of reviews I've seen a trend ....If you're a left winger it sucked, and if you're a right winger than it's okay..... way to stay objective and not read within the context of your own political tendencies.... sheeeeeeshhhhh. Anybody read this and can comment without using the words fascist, sexist, racist?
Janagan Well, I am the quite the liberal when it comes to politics, yet I was not offended by his portrayals of Democrats. I mean sure, we are not rapists, bu…moreWell, I am the quite the liberal when it comes to politics, yet I was not offended by his portrayals of Democrats. I mean sure, we are not rapists, but someone needed to be the bad guy, and in this case it just happened to be a Democrat. Gerry Hendley, who starts the Campus in the next novel as a major good guy, is a former Democratic senator. As for the portrayals of the Chinese, I feel it is borderline racist, but he only portrayed the government officials as such; he made heroes out of the ordinary civilians.(less)
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Janagan In fact, this was my favorite Tom Clancy novel. I just found the whole concept of war between these three superpowers as an interesting technical exer ...more
Jan 06, 2018 08:03PM
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