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• commiewithoutorgans@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Convince me of that. Any 2 people of different heights look like Winnie and Tigger then, and they look like any other pair of people who walk together. Why that specific choice? I will not be easily convinced that a yellow bear with small eyes was chosen for any other reason than the racism, consciously or unconsciously, of the person making the comparison. I think Chinese people can take it back if they want, by talking about how Pooh is actually a positive goal of enjoyment/relaxedness or such, but that’s not what the comparisons are for.

  And Tigger was a convenient addition to a horrible excuse for a joke. And that supports why that pair was chosen out of any pair

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  • h3doublehockeysticks@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My dude the people who made this meme originally were chinese internet users.

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    • commiewithoutorgans@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I had read Hong Kong users (also Chinese but with other interests) who were anti-Xi, but maybe I’m incorrect. Then I would agree that it was originally less or not racist, but usage now cannot be removed from the racism

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      • GarbageShoot@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I think the origin was meant to be affectionate, and Xi is not just shorter but a bit more stocky while Obama is lanky, so it’s an exomorph/endomorph thing.

        I disagree with the original usage because Obama is a monster, and the fucks using it in the anglosphere are using it because racists latched on to it and a certain racist caricature using Xi and the bear, but the original use was intended to be positive.

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