I don’t like to see so many political posts in all and so many weird images in comment sections

  • somename [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    It might not be racist in your areas, but I’ve absolutely seen a lot of people be racist with it in the US. A lot of are from there, so I’ll admit we have a perspective bias, but when a large majority of the people we seeing spreading it are from that racist, US grown, bloc of posters, it kind of primes a response to it.

    • Falkerie@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Sure. But I don't think it warrants that big of a response, when it's clearly a parody of Winnie the Pooh, which is yellow itself. If Pooh was somehow white, black, or green, it would be depicted as that. It has nothing to do with yellow skin.

      • somename [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        I don't think it's a coincidence that Winnie the Pooh was latched on to so well by Western audiences. The United States is a perennial winner in the racism olympics. Different crowds can draw connections on different parts of stuff.

        • Falkerie@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          Oh I'm quite aware that the US has some serious problems regarding racism. I think Winnie the Pooh is just too widely known, plus the Streisand Effect kicking in when it was known that they censor a cartoon bear, that had people just dunking on them with this meme.

          It also doesn't help when the Chinese are taught in school to love their party and country, view the party as their own parents and not question them, that they become such snowflakes when people criticise their government. It becomes pretty easy to trigger them with just a photo/keyword. Either they blow up in your face, or if it's on China's platform the mods will come an delete the post/comment and give out bans.

          • brain_in_a_box [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            It also doesn't help when the Chinese are taught in school to love their party and country, view the party as their own parents and not question them, that they become such snowflakes when people criticise their government. It becomes pretty easy to trigger them with just a photo/keyword. Either they blow up in your face, or if it's on China's platform the mods will come an delete the post/comment and give out bans.

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