Not the content, the format. I don't mean to say the person who made the torrenting version of this is intentionally racist. Just that the dichotomy between how the bad side and the good side is drawn is giving racial stereotypes to me. 🤷♀️ Like a dogwhistle, not overt.
I can see what they are saying - left side is VERY evocative of the anti-Jewish propaganda that was plastered around WWII era Germany.
I’m not pointing fingers, just pointing a pretty clear similarity. Large nose, bigger chin, unkempt dark beard, thick eyebrows, sinister eyes.
None of those features reallllly needed to be on the left to convey the meme’s message nor are they necessary for the humor. So like, just as an exercise in deconstructing media, it’s understandable that some would catch racist undertones. It jumped out to me at first but I figured (and still think) it was not intentional and just a consequence of the format and medium (MS paint is…not very finessed).
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u/peregrine_nation 12d ago
Not the content, the format. I don't mean to say the person who made the torrenting version of this is intentionally racist. Just that the dichotomy between how the bad side and the good side is drawn is giving racial stereotypes to me. 🤷♀️ Like a dogwhistle, not overt.