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Just curious how many of you are cool with this deeply racist image being the header for one of your comms

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[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But now that I've given you my perspective, you unequivocally condemn this racism, yes?

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I condemn you, actually. Yes, the picture is poorly thought out and needs revision, even though it was designed for reasons other than racism. That's what you should have said. But you didn't want to fix the picture, you wanted to condemn everyone on this site for not condemning the picture.

[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well ideally, everyone here would agree this is problematic. But instead a whole bunch of people jumped in to defend it to the death

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They jumped in to defend themselves. That's what happens when you attack them. If you attack the thing and not the people, they don't get so defensive.

[–] booty@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No one attacked anyone. OP asked how many of you were cool with this image. All you have to do is say "actually no, that image is fucked up" and suddenly you're not under attack. In order to interpret this post as anything remotely similar to an attack on your character, you have to first decide that you're cool with racism.

[–] blazera@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

No one is under attack, but you have to respond a specific way to stop the attack that isnt happening?

[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Interesting that people here are interpreting an attack on racism as an attack on them personally. Wonder why that is

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You didn't attack racism. You attacked people because there was racism nearby. Anyone who asked for an explanation was then called racist. You attacked people personally.

[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure you're going to go now and make sure that there is no longer any racism around you to confuse people

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not really. It wasn't really a possibility until you came along. I'm just going to do something more productive with my time than talking to you. It'll be good for me, mentally.

[–] Bakzik@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Susaga, when you come back from ~~defending racism~~ being productive, take a look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Peril

Wanna hear your opinion on that.

[–] blazera@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Oh you wanna hear others opinions?

So not going to do anything about the racism then

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

What a contemptible piece of shit instance we got federated with this time. Fuck this place. Look at this asshole. Acting all fucking wounded because they weren't coddled during the agonizingly slow process of them finally admitting that putting a world leader representing over a billion people in yellow face MIGHT be SLIGHTLY racist ON ACCIDENT. As if the feelings of the person committing the offense are the most important consideration in explaining their offense to them. The fucking entitlement.

I don't buy your bullshit. It's not only racist, it's deliberately racist and not only that but deep down you fucking know it as well. Just ask yourself: what's the fucking point of the caricature in the first place? To be insulting, right? It's an otherwise beloved childhood character though, isn't it? So why has the west latched onto it so strongly? To mock his appearance, right? It's a yellow fucking cartoon bear. Why are you acting coy about it? It's not about his weight. It's not that he has the facial features of a bear. No one makes pictures depicting him as Yogi or Baloo. It's his race.

[–] ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We accept that this image can be interpreted as racist, if one is unaware of the origin and original meaning of said image.

[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Gotcha. Another for pro-racism. Man, y'all love this stuff over here

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

See, this is why I condemn you.

[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You seem to find it much easier to condemn me than racism

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, you're much more present here than the racism.

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stop feeding the hexbear trolls. They only go away if you ignore and block them.

Quick question, are you okay with the racist image in the above post?

[–] skulblaka@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

We don't love racism, we just hate you :) go have a nice life literally anywhere else.

[–] blazera@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Yall love strawmen

Fascist troll pretending to be a leftist.

You say this, and yet you are still ignoring the other racist parts in this image. almost like you don't care about the racism, and only picked one aspect about the image that was racist for the sake of having the moral high ground.