Absolutely no jokery allowed it seems XD

  • Communist
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    4 hours ago

    Because it seems like a racist charicature, no?

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      2 hours ago

      This is not a mockery of his race.

      This is a mockery of his fragile ego that is apparently hurt by such a joke.

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      3 hours ago

      The joke was started by the Chinese on WeChat. No, it doesn’t seem racist, unless you mean it’s racist to appropriate Chinese memes?

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        2 hours ago

        Can chinese people not do racist ignorant things? I’ve known many ethnic minorities to make racist charicatures of their own race, I don’t really see your point

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          2 hours ago

          Well, when a Chinese person tells me it’s racist and they’re offended, I’ll stop using it. Not really interested in what some white, probably American middle-aged dude cosplaying an armchair communist for the aesthetics thinks is offensive.

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            2 hours ago

            weird that you’re making so many assumptions about me to feel okay with something kinda bigoted.

            edit: I really don’t get it… he’s a yellow squinty eyed slow stupid lazy bear

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              Winnie is a bear that can talk. That is in no way stupid. He’s an adorable blonde bear and everyone loves him.

              I don’t even see the insult.

              His eyes are literally two black dots. I have no idea where you get “squinty eyed” from.

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              He’s yellow, you got that right. And that’s the only thing. He’s not squinty, slow, stops, or lazy. Similarly, Obama isn’t orange and bouncy.

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              I don’t need to make the assumptions to feel okay with it, the assumptions are just for fun on the side. I don’t need to justify myself to you, and you failed to make me feel bad about it in the first place.

              Now I bet you need a hug, come here.

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                1 hour ago

                Life is fun when you play pretend, let me know when you want to be an adult though

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      I could be corrected on this but as far as I’m aware, it’s not a caricature of Chinese people or Asian people, it’s specifically a caricature of Xi Jinping, one of the most powerful people in the world. In fact, on Forbes list in 2018, he is listed as the #1 most powerful person in the world.

      So I don’t think it’s a question of race so much as a question of how far are we allowed to make fun of the most powerful people on the planet.

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        1 hour ago

        The charicature part is strictly about his race though.

        would you be fine with a blackface of obama?

        the joke seems to be entirely yellow squinty eyed bear looks like him

        i’m fine with forums banning racial charicatures, even of people in power

        none of his personality resembles pooh, it’s just his race, if anything he’s ruthlessly efficient