none of their posts make them appear like a reactionary, just this one winnie the pooh thing that only hexbear has decided makes you definitely a right winger.
The joke is the dictator man looks like Winnie the Pooh (but more importantly is offended by it). The fact Winnie the Pooh is yellow is incidental but unfortunately makes the joke appetising to racists too. It doesn’t mean everyone that jokes about Xi Jinping being Winnie the Pooh means everyone is using it as a racist stand-in.
Before someone points out that it started as a racist meme - if that is true (which I have no idea), it doesn’t change much. Most people making the joke are oblivious to the racism element.
Now, it’s a perfectly valid point to make about it being a racist charicature. The trouble is most people don’t separate the nuance with “Criticise & laugh at the dictator man all you like, just please don’t propogate a racist stereotype.” and so instead it looks like they’re just defending a dictator.
And… well, I don’t really need to explain why people defending dictators are going to get ignored, do I?
Tell me why he looks like Winnie The Pooh without saying it’s his eyes and skin. It’s entirely impossible to defend the racist caricature because Winnie The Pooh has like 4 distinguishing features and half of them are applied only because the man is Chinese. There are no deep insights to be found in a 2D character. Winnie The Pooh doesn’t have the same amount of forehead wrinkles, he doesn’t have the same curve on his nose, his ears aren’t even similar. So what features of Winnie The Pooh makes you believe he looks like Xi Jinping?
Ok, it really sounds like you are stuck in the skin color as an easy way to say it is racist but like… He kinda looks similar
Like it’s not hard to see where people are pulling it from, sure it’s meant to be inflammatory and hurtful but you have a somewhat heavy set man with big chubby cheeks and tiny lips, a buttony nose that almost looks like Winnie the Pooh’s upside down if it was flesh toned. His pupils are incredibly dark but small giving the same sort of small eyes underneath curving eyebrows.
And to wrap it all together Xi wears high wasted pants trying to cover his pot belly that almost looks like he is wearing a short shirt that puts it on display. They do look like… Just a little alike. Like Elijah wood and Daniel Radcliffe, they don’t really look alike but also it’s not hard to see why people put the 2 together. Especially with the right photo or look.
Is it meant to be a bit insulting to compare him to a pantless stuffed bear… Yeah. Duh. But dude Winnie the Pooh is adorable and if he leaned into that he could have been seen as a sweet softie instead of a guy who’s will jail people for saying it.
none of their posts make them appear like a reactionary, just this one winnie the pooh thing that only hexbear has decided makes you definitely a right winger.
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The joke is the dictator man looks like Winnie the Pooh (but more importantly is offended by it). The fact Winnie the Pooh is yellow is incidental but unfortunately makes the joke appetising to racists too. It doesn’t mean everyone that jokes about Xi Jinping being Winnie the Pooh means everyone is using it as a racist stand-in.
Before someone points out that it started as a racist meme - if that is true (which I have no idea), it doesn’t change much. Most people making the joke are oblivious to the racism element.
Now, it’s a perfectly valid point to make about it being a racist charicature. The trouble is most people don’t separate the nuance with “Criticise & laugh at the dictator man all you like, just please don’t propogate a racist stereotype.” and so instead it looks like they’re just defending a dictator.
And… well, I don’t really need to explain why people defending dictators are going to get ignored, do I?
Tell me why he looks like Winnie The Pooh without saying it’s his eyes and skin. It’s entirely impossible to defend the racist caricature because Winnie The Pooh has like 4 distinguishing features and half of them are applied only because the man is Chinese. There are no deep insights to be found in a 2D character. Winnie The Pooh doesn’t have the same amount of forehead wrinkles, he doesn’t have the same curve on his nose, his ears aren’t even similar. So what features of Winnie The Pooh makes you believe he looks like Xi Jinping?
Ok, it really sounds like you are stuck in the skin color as an easy way to say it is racist but like… He kinda looks similar
Like it’s not hard to see where people are pulling it from, sure it’s meant to be inflammatory and hurtful but you have a somewhat heavy set man with big chubby cheeks and tiny lips, a buttony nose that almost looks like Winnie the Pooh’s upside down if it was flesh toned. His pupils are incredibly dark but small giving the same sort of small eyes underneath curving eyebrows.
And to wrap it all together Xi wears high wasted pants trying to cover his pot belly that almost looks like he is wearing a short shirt that puts it on display. They do look like… Just a little alike. Like Elijah wood and Daniel Radcliffe, they don’t really look alike but also it’s not hard to see why people put the 2 together. Especially with the right photo or look.
Is it meant to be a bit insulting to compare him to a pantless stuffed bear… Yeah. Duh. But dude Winnie the Pooh is adorable and if he leaned into that he could have been seen as a sweet softie instead of a guy who’s will jail people for saying it.