• Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I dunno, the basic argument that “the meme can’t be racist because Chinese people can’t be racist” is genuinely super weak. And gradizen is right that in-group Racism is more accepted than out-group racism (e.g. white folks and the n-word). Racism is everywhere and anyone can get infected by it. That said,

    1. xi absolutely resembles pooh
    2. it’s funny how mad it makes him and his supporters because authoritarians are fragile and can’t tolerate mocking
    3. the meme isn’t racist, and you can tell because it’s only targeting one dude. Who maybe loves hunny
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      6 days ago

      The argument is that ethnic Chinese aren’t likely to mock their leader on the basis of being ethnically Chinese. Therefore, the origin of it is extremely unlikely to be based on race.

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      oh they can tolerate mocking… when it’s their own, mocking genocide and countless atrocities.