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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20023406
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Politically yes, but it's well known his writing stayed pretty racist (even the later stuff). There's this funny trope that people with a Germanic last name are rarely evil in this writing, but Italian, Slavic etc last names are often depicted as bad people.
It's so pronounced that the people worshipping Cthulhu were often depicted more horrifically than actual Cthulhu. And it's obvious why: that was Lovecraft's biggest fear.