I was called a libta*d hobbit the other day, and it got me thinking about LOTR

[GoneOffShore]

Frodo the hobbit defeated Sauron.

We're surrounded by orcs and goblins in the form of Magats. Some of us are, indeed hobbits, toiling quietly against the daily evils of Felon47 and his minions. We have elves - lawyers who undertake the larger tasks of lawsuits. We have dwarves in the form of YouTubers and tech wizards.
We have lots of Galadriels.
Now we need a Gandalf.

[ismnotwasm]

1. And Trump is a discount Sauron

💙

[GoneOffShore]

2. Indeed he is. Though I think of him more as Saruman, but evil from the start.

Sauron is a combination of the tech bros.

[Wounded Bear]

7. In that view, trump would be Saruman to Putin's Sauron...nt

[Wonder Why]

3. Tell your mom you are not happy with the nickname she gave you. :-)

[Maru Kitteh]

5. I hope that your comment didn't come off the way you intended.

It’s a little gross.

[Timeflyer]

4. Rather be a brave, smart hobbit than a stupid, brutal MAGA ork.

[GoneOffShore]

10. That is what I replied to the Magat.

[nilram]

6. A hobbit saved Middle Earth from a fascist

So it seems like a nice compliment.

[DoBW]

8. saw this and thought of it, too

dark riders

https://bsky.app/profile/spryoldlorax.bsky.social/post/3lbdhm6i6uk2q

[Hekate]

9. Sam & Frodo got the job done when armies could not. Yet the armies of Middle Earth distracted Sauron...

…and made sure his attention was kept on them and not on the small people heading for his center of power.

I read LOTR as a teen in 1965. The movies came out in the BushCheney admin as war loomed. There’s much I loved in the books, but my favorite bit from the movies took place in the dark mines of Moria, and I needed to hear it then.

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.

“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. We need the ENTS to start marching. nt