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A cartoon which has Chinese characters is not racist.

samvega_ 5y ago
It had winnie the poo memes afaik. It would be like posting the drawn image of obama as a monkey (which caused a stir a while ago) while criticizing his policies in the US.
- casualracism 5y ago
  Maybe you read about the incident elsewhere but TFA vaguely hints at a drawing of a Chinese person with offensively stereotyped features, which doesn’t sound compatible with your Winnie the Pooh theory. In any case TFA deliberately made it hard for readers to form their own judgement.
- dash2 5y ago
  Wait a second. Is the argument here that comparing Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh is "racist"? As opposed to just, say, offensive to a very powerful fat man? Wow, OK. I think we have a new standard for the use of racism accusations to censor people.
  - l332mn 5y ago
    Of course it is racist. I'm not sure if it was the Winnie the pooh, I assumed it was due to its prevalence and how the article described it as a cartoon depicting stereotyped features (yellow skin).
    - dash2 5y ago
      "Of course"? You've got a link? Can you share?
      - deleted 5y ago
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  - casualracism 5y ago
    This is a straw man because that’s not what the cartoon was about, at least not according to TFA.
axiosgunnar 5y ago
It was just a „Cartoon with Chinese characteristics“!
casualracism 5y ago
Again, it’s not just a “cartoon which has Chinese characters”. Stop pushing misinformation in obvious contradiction with available information.
- jollybean 5y ago
  "Again, it’s not just a “cartoon which has Chinese characters”." Where is your evidence? Provide evidence of racism or stop harassing people.
  - casualracism 5y ago
    I posted multiple quotes from the very article being discussed as a reply to another misinformation comment from you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28097088 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28097088 If this very one-sided article says it was racist, it was, or they would have used it as ammunition instead of being as vague as possible. At this point it is very clear you’re deliberately pushing bs in bad faith. You should be ashamed of yourself.

It had winnie the poo memes afaik. It would be like posting the drawn image of obama as a monkey (which caused a stir a while ago) while criticizing his policies in the US.

casualracism 5y ago
Maybe you read about the incident elsewhere but TFA vaguely hints at a drawing of a Chinese person with offensively stereotyped features, which doesn’t sound compatible with your Winnie the Pooh theory. In any case TFA deliberately made it hard for readers to form their own judgement.
dash2 5y ago
Wait a second. Is the argument here that comparing Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh is "racist"? As opposed to just, say, offensive to a very powerful fat man? Wow, OK. I think we have a new standard for the use of racism accusations to censor people.
- l332mn 5y ago
  Of course it is racist. I'm not sure if it was the Winnie the pooh, I assumed it was due to its prevalence and how the article described it as a cartoon depicting stereotyped features (yellow skin).
  - dash2 5y ago
    "Of course"? You've got a link? Can you share?
    - deleted 5y ago
      [deleted]
- casualracism 5y ago
  This is a straw man because that’s not what the cartoon was about, at least not according to TFA.

axiosgunnar 5y ago

It was just a „Cartoon with Chinese characteristics“!

casualracism 5y ago

Again, it’s not just a “cartoon which has Chinese characters”. Stop pushing misinformation in obvious contradiction with available information.

jollybean 5y ago
"Again, it’s not just a “cartoon which has Chinese characters”." Where is your evidence? Provide evidence of racism or stop harassing people.
- casualracism 5y ago
  I posted multiple quotes from the very article being discussed as a reply to another misinformation comment from you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28097088 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28097088 If this very one-sided article says it was racist, it was, or they would have used it as ammunition instead of being as vague as possible. At this point it is very clear you’re deliberately pushing bs in bad faith. You should be ashamed of yourself.