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And Andsigil, I will repeat that said above. I never said he would be "kept at bay for ever", I merely said that an alliance with the Easterlings and Southrons would have very much weakened Sauron and would have brought the free people of M-e in a much stronger position.
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But conflict was still inevitable. So, accusing Tolkien of jingoism doesn't make sense.
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And yes, culture was a barrier, indeed. There were many differences between them, but simply looking back at Elves and Men of the First Age there were a lot more differences, even different races. And that worked out... so why wouldn't this work out?
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It worked out with some of the men. It certainly didn't work out with the Easterlings led by Uldor and Ulfang in the Nírnaeth Arnoediad, did it? And by no means are the Edain depicted as any majority among humankind. Tolkien took great care to depict the Edain as an exception.
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And yes, you are correct about the debate part. Here in Germany most people do go for the accusation of being a Nazi when trying to end any debate, but that was not my intention.
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So, what was your intention in this absurd implication of racism, then?