I'm outspoken on political issues but try to keep the political stuff to a minimum here at Fantasy Fiction for Christians. Today I'll make an exception.

I found a ruddy good article, as Hagrid would say, at one of my favorite political sites, The American Thinker. The anonymous author has penned an essay that's politically conservative in its brief critique of the Lord of the Rings, Narnia, and Harry Potter series and support for the war against Islamofascism. It has crossover appeal for fantasy fiction fans who are right-leaning defenders of Western culture.

The writer mentions the dark tone of both Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and mixes in some "just war" ideas. An excerpt:

In the last five years, through a series of rousing movies and books, our children have been introduced to some of the best conservative thinking ever put to paper or put on film.
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I don’t pretend to know what J.K. Rowling was thinking when she wrote Order of the Phoenix, but I can’t help but see in this post-9/11 book a perfect analogy to the situation the West faces today, in the real world, in its War against Islamofascism. Some of us, like Harry, know that we have seen evil, acknowledge its existence, and are prepared to fight it. But just as Harry must deal with a government Ministry bound and determined to explain away or ignore the evil in its midst, we too face an anti-War movement that endlessly ignores, explains away, and excuses the most vile acts of terror and human degradation.

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