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The summary mentions this detail and completely omits the rest of that section:
So it appears to be an extended exercise in mocking the asshole, which I wholeheartedly approve of.
Honestly the summary could've omitted the origins, or given it that crucial context. Giving the first sentence and not the rest is like the worst way to summarise that and it's a big issue to just leave out. I would've included all of that because frankly it's hilarious.
Damn they should've lead with that. That's actually hilarious. Fuck that guy.
Yup, and there's definitely people in this thread that really want to say "ackshually it's not racist" but then are working really hard to give the impression that the race is simply neutral about the man himself. It's almost like those people don't want to admit that it's actually anti-racist and based as fuck.
EDIT: I don't want to vague-post about this. This is what the person in question actually said:
That's fucked up, right? If they knew... how did they so specifically avoid explaining what the race is actually about?
Yup, not sure why I got attacked and downvoted for this, it's pretty fucking clear that the summary tells a different story than the article. But hey it's par for the course on here, where outrage is performative, and real rage is frown upon.
I've also noticed an interesting trend from way back on Reddit, but there's always some reactionary who uses one of the GBU bombs as their nickname.
Give a reactionary even the slightest chance to "well ackshually" away racism and they'll jump on it. They're not generally correct about things, so if they have a chance to be technically correct it's like catnip. It's fascinating how easy it would have been to explain the situation but this GBU person wanted them to be all "no comment" about it, as if that would have been an acceptable answer. It's almost like they didn't want to acknowledge the actual anti-racist motivations.
And yeah, I thought the GBU thing was familiar. I can't find anything about it being a dogwhistle though, it's not an easy thing to google.
EDIT: Maybe it's not a dogwhistle, it could easily refer to guided bombs. Maybe it's just one person with way too much time on their hands.
Well said! Yes it's a reference to the guided bomb, that's what I'm saying. He's not the only one I've seen back in the Reddit days.