That’s…just no. Wtf? No.
Source: I’ve actually listened to women, in person, describe their reasoning, instead of making up my own justification for something like the incel community decided to do.
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newfie@lemmy.ml 1 week agoThe bear metaphor was obviously thinly veiled racism/xenophobia from the start. Lots of conservative/moderate women who are terrified of anyone who isn’t white or who is “illegal”
ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 1 week ago
newfie@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
The goal was to increase fear of the “other” - which is a classic right wing tactic.
The bear meme was a conservative astroturfed campaign to push people right - which is why it appeared shortly before the 2024 US elections
ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 1 week ago
This is very tinfoil hatty
newfie@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
No it isn’t, it’s literally what astroturfing is and how public relations campaigns are run. I know people who literally do shit like this for a living
Doesn’t mean the original meme was created by an agency necessarily, but it certainly was boosted and amplified by conservatives to spark anger against PoCs/immigrants, and to build resentment amongst men. Which worked wonderfully for Trump, as is evidenced by his strong performance with Gen Z men
trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That’s like 10 whole new levels of not getting it
newfie@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
The goal was to increase fear of the “other” - which is a classic right wing tactic.
The bear meme was a conservative astroturfed campaign to push people right - which is why it appeared shortly before the 2024 US elections