• aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    10 months ago

    Yeah and that meme had Obama as "tigger". Wonder why...

    The meme starting in China doesn't mean much. Pretty sure Chinese people can make racist memes too.

      • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        Would you be comfortable calling Obama a tigger? You realize in a bar that would get you beat up right?

          • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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            10 months ago

            The original context for Xi being Pooh probably wasn't racist either, unless there's a similar connotation to yellow skin in Chinese culture. Therefore you could also dismiss the yellowface concerns because the original meme wasn't meant to be racist.

            Of course we shouldn't do this, and instead accept that the meme is now racist because it's mainly used by Westerners who are well aware of the racist implications.

          • Gelamzer
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            7 months ago

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          • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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            10 months ago

            No, but there a good chance there is one drunk one that would.

            Who's in Paris? It isn't for us to say

              • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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                10 months ago

                When you are talking about the hundred acre wood in a bar what do you call him? Tiao Tiao Hu?

                I am not taking to the person who invented the meme. I am talking to you.

          • Gelamzer
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            7 months ago

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      • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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        10 months ago

        Yeah racists hate deniability, we all know they definitely don't love to play their little "teehee you're overreacting" games. OK sign anyone?