jacaw@sh.itjust.works to sh.itjust.works Main Community@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoSuddenly seeing more hexbear posts. Did we re-federate with them?message-squaremessage-square1141fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1194arrow-down1message-squareSuddenly seeing more hexbear posts. Did we re-federate with them?jacaw@sh.itjust.works to sh.itjust.works Main Community@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square1141fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBakzik [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down2·1 year agoThere are lot’s of ways to criticize a political figure or a government. But you choose the racist caricature. Back to point 2: it’s covert racism. It gives people plausible deniability. But, at the end of the day, westerners imperialists love their orientalism and their covert racism.
minus-squareEstiar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou do realize the only reason why people keep sharing it is because of the Barbra Streisand effect. People loyal to Xi Jinping thought hate it, so people like me share it because it’s funny to see their reaction
minus-squareOutdoor_Catgirl [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·1 year agoI think you should undergo the Barbara Pit effect
minus-squareEgon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·1 year agoWinnie the Pooh isn’t censored in China though, so what even is the point except to equate an Asian man with a yellow cartoon figure?
There are lot’s of ways to criticize a political figure or a government. But you choose the racist caricature.
Back to point 2: it’s covert racism. It gives people plausible deniability.
But, at the end of the day, westerners imperialists love their orientalism and their covert racism.
You do realize the only reason why people keep sharing it is because of the Barbra Streisand effect. People loyal to Xi Jinping thought hate it, so people like me share it because it’s funny to see their reaction
I think you should undergo the Barbara Pit effect
Winnie the Pooh isn’t censored in China though, so what even is the point except to equate an Asian man with a yellow cartoon figure?
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