They Shall Not Pass!

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Originally Posted by Lalwendë

I'd never simply assume Tolkien would be afraid of 'reds under the bed', his views and his writing are much more subtle than that.

Well, I never implied he was afraid of the Spanish communists; I said he wouldn't have admired them- especially after they started gleefully shooting priests during the Red Terror.

Humphrey Carpenter's biography of Tolkien gives a rather pertinent description of a man who was both conservative and approving of the gentry.