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Even the implication that The Lord of the Rings is a mythic story about Western, white supremacy - regardless of the political leanings of anyone who tries to make that case - is a load of self-justifying, destructive horseshit.

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Viggo Mortensen
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: October 20
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