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> As dislikable as the tweet's content is Did you read the article? By thinking for a few seconds, the point of the tweet is obviously not racist. Not a smart
by maaaats 12y ago
> As dislikable as the tweet's content is
Did you read the article? By thinking for a few seconds, the point of the tweet is obviously not racist. Not a smart tweet, in retrospect, but. Here's her explanation from the article:
> I thought there was no way that anyone could possibly think it was literal. (...) Living in America puts us in a bit of a bubble when it comes to what is going on in the third world. I was making fun of that bubble.
- mcphage 12y ago> Did you read the article? By thinking for a few seconds, the point of the tweet is obviously not racist. Honestly, does it even matter? Say it was a racist tweet, and she was a racist. Does that mean she deserved what happened to her? Definitely not.
- sofal 12y agoIt matters because making an offhand joke parodying a stupid person is something that we've all done. This example shows that if you make a little parody joke like that in the wrong medium, your life could permanently pivot 180 degrees for the worst.
- mcphage 12y ago> This example shows that if you make a little parody joke like that in the wrong medium, your life could permanently pivot 180 degrees for the worst. Definitely. But my point was, whether it was racist or not, her life pivoted for the worse—and whether it was racist or not, she didn't deserve what happened to her.
- Puts 12y agoThis is the saddest thing. It's so trendy to have offended narcissistic egos today that people don't even recognize when someone is on YOUR side, defending YOUR cause with sarcasm!
- throwaway09332 12y agoSee how they've even turned against Banksy for his so-called "anti-immigrant" piece, which was meant to satirize anti-immigration ideas.