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Harambe was a dogwhistle? Did I completely miss something?
No this is just nonsensical ramblings. Anyone who feels the need to analyze the relationship between political collapse and drunk people saying dumb things need vitamin D
I am analyzing the memes of right wing political ideology, not drunk people. There is a relationship between right wing culture and political collapse. I'm sorry that you don't see it. There is no need for you to be hostile, unless you really like the hawk tuah meme.
I don’t like it. I find it extremely unfunny and uninteresting which is why i find the country’s fascination about it so absurd. And it’s not just you - conservatives are simultaneously laughing at it because it’s epic and funny, angrily jerking off, and lamenting the collapse of western society because of some drunk girl
Yes. Harambe was a racist dog whistle popularized by 4chan. Harambe memes often say that if Harambe hadn't been killed, then the world would been better. Harambe was killed to protect a black child who had fell into the gorilla enclosure. Racist people blame black people for Harambe being killed. The dogwhistle is racism. If you didn't know this, then it was a successful dogwhistle. Just google "harambe racist", there's dozens of news articles about it.
Huh. Fascinating, that one flew right by me and usually they do not. Might because of not being from the US though.
Nah, I just learned this right now and I'm from the US.
Huh. The entire time I've heard the meme, I've never heard anyone mention the ethnicity of the child. That does put a lot of the "we have lots of people, but gorillas are endangered" sort of memes into an alarming new context, thank you.