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He defends a racist by using a racist statement. And Republicans don't even blink.
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Edit: i didn't make it clear enough. This is parody combining the racist shit JD just said with the racist shit Trump said previously. In no way does this reflect my actual viewpoint.
This is wildly racist, and also full of shit. She went to a historically black university, joined a black sorority, and has always been open about her dual Black/Indian heritage.
Your racist talking points aren't going to land here, fuckhead.
That was meant to be parody exaggerating the racist shit JD just said and combining it with the racist shit Trump said previously. I didn't make that clear enough, clearly. This does not reflect my viewpoint whatsoever.
I think many of the people downvoting and/or reporting you (I did both) are aware that you're joking. The problem is that your joke isn't funny. It's wildly offensive and racist.
I get what you're saying, "I don't actually believe the racist stuff I said," but we're concerned with the part of that thought that you're glossing over: racist stuff you said. Probably should just delete your comment.
Just realize that comedy doesn't give you carte blanche to shout racist stereotypes and move on.
Humor wasn't the goal. Making apparent the racism of Vance and Trump's words was. If repeating back the racism someone else used in order to deride them somehow applies that same racist stigma onto me, I would argue that your priorities are misplaced. If I had directly quoted them and cited the quotation would the reaction have been the same? Because it amounts to the same level of disconnect from the words to me. But whatever. Not a hill I care to die on. I'll delete it. Didn't mean to upset anyone.
Props. (For admitting, apologizing, etc. Basically for being human and owning up instead of doubling down or just slinking off).
Maybe I'd be less forgiving if I saw the comment but your turnaround is rare and appreciated.
No, especially if you used quotes.
Satire can be difficult.
How is that a racist statement?
I also eat curry (actually made some myself last saturday) and I'm a white cis male, so the least likely target of any -cism (at least any that can be taken seriously)?
Should I feel offended by that statement? lol
Because Harris is both Black and Indian heritage and curry and fried chicken are the two foods most stereotypically associated with each aspect of her heritage. It's not like he picked two random foods.
Wait
Fried chicken is associated with black people in the US?
Are you shitting me?
Over here in Europe it's considered redneck-food lol
Also thanks for explaining and not downvoting like the other toxic fucks here. Lemmy really is becoming reddit 2.0, huh?
Yeah there are a few others like watermelon and soul food.
Same energy as beans with Mexicans.
Associating Soul food with (southern) African Americans doesn't feel racist to me. Am I in danger of accidentally offending someone?
I would say depends on context. I heard some edgy comments in 90s.
It doesn't make very much sense if you're not a racist, and yet...
Oh yeah. I've definitely heard fried chicken and watermelons being used in racist context.
I've only ever heard soul food referred to in a positive (I.e. tasty) manner.
My God how I envy your innocence.
Idk it apparently gets you downvoted here
I switched to Lemmy because I was told it would be less toxic than Reddit. But I guess that was a fucking lie.
Might as well switch back to reddit if this keeps up. At least They don't support genocidal regimes there there.
From my point of view, the racist food tropes being highlighted here are overtones and not undertones, and fairly obvious ones inside America. Especially provided the specific context of the subject matter.
If that doesn't resonate with you, you are probably surrounded by exceptionally wonderful people, and I hope this is the case for you.
About Reddit/Lemmy... tech is tech.
Oh man, once I came over here and found out that just like reddit, it's an echo chamber for the left...
I think you know where to go to find your people. There's 2 socials I can think of off the top of my head that'll be right up your alley!
Oh man, you just made the mistake of pointing out that you're white...