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    Salon.com has nothing to do with racism either. It’s just a known progressive news website they’re referencing to imply they have opposing political views.

    Blunt version: straight male bad, conservative = racist

    I’m actually kind of curious how you’re interpreting this comic though

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        Their opposing political views are implied by the salon article-sharing progressive woman vs. straight white conservative man. He’s a cartoon man in a single comic panel. If they’re not relying on stereotypes here I’m gonna need the joke explained to me

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          109 months ago

          I see a woman tolerant of racism while denying it and a racist man. The conservative part I’m guessing you extrapolated by the thought that it is a regressive trait and therefore more likely to be a conservative?

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          There are implied political signals, but nothing overtly political. I’m not even attributing racism to conservatism. I wouldn’t trust a couple that matches the one in the comic to be up-to-date on the political landscape.

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            29 months ago

            The juxtaposition is the entire point of the comic though, right? I wouldn’t describe salon.com as a racial news site if I had to pick 1 adjective. If she had a BLM t-shirt or something maybe we could ignore politics

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              Yeah, it is political, when your politics come down to “woke” vs “antiwoke”.

              I’m starting to understand why today’s “conservatives” see a brutal dictator like putin as a hero. It doesn’t matter what he does, since he is “antiwoke”.