• oatscoop@midwest.social
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      3 months ago

      Westerners

      TIL the Chinese people on Weibo that originally created and spread the meme are “Westerners”.

      Oh boy, look at what rather unfortunately named character they compared President Obama to! I bet if we were evil imperialists we’d claim that was intentional and a disgusting example of racism. Can you imagine the kind of person who would make such a bad-faith argument?

      Good thing we’re not like those guys, eh comrade?

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        If conservatives (and only conservatives) were always calling Obama “Tigger” obsessively at every junction, and referencing that picture as justification, would you believe them? Or would you say recognise that they were just being racist.

        Because thats how I feel when I see western liberals doing this and trying to claim they’re just referencing a meme from before half of them were even in primary school