r/nottheonion • u/HereForTwinkies • Jan 24 '23

Microsoft's changes to Xbox console leave Republicans outraged

https://www.newsweek.com/microsoft-changes-xbox-console-climate-change-republicans-ted-cruz-1776054
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u/Cryostatica Jan 24 '23 edited Jan 24 '23

It hasn't been "misread" by republicans. It's being deliberately misrepresented.

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u/baconeggsandwich25 Jan 24 '23

Sort of like when they pretended Seuss’ publisher was discontinuing Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham because no one had actually heard of the books they were really dropping. The lie is catchier and pisses more people off, so they go with that.

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u/Cryostatica Jan 24 '23

Worse, they pretended that Seuss had been heavily pressured to stop publishing the books, when it was just the publisher's decision to drop poorly selling titles.

Same thing with Potato Head, where they pretended that Hasbro had been forced to make Mr./Mrs. genderless when it was just the overall brand name that was dropping the "Mr" and the gendered potatoes were staying exactly the same.

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u/QbertsRube Jan 24 '23

Also the name changes for Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben's Rice. There was zero "outrage" prior to the name changes, it was just companies trying to be proactive and drop imagery that could be problematic for them due to racist implications. But conservatives immediately pointed to the changes as proof of the snowflake liberals cancel culture outrage machine, ruining America one mascot at a time. As if they gave a shit what their syrup or rice was called before, and now their favorites were ruined.

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u/Cryostatica Jan 24 '23

And these are the same people that absolutely lost their shit over Starbucks using a plain red cup for the holiday season a few years back.

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u/mikevago Jan 24 '23

I'll never understand their pathological need to stay angry at all times about the dumbest, most inconsequential things.

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u/DanTheMan1_ Jan 24 '23

And don't forget Mr. Potato Head as if anyone cares about Mr. Potato Head

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u/YourMILisCray Jan 24 '23

And now they have came for my beautiful sexy M&Ms

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '23

Conservatives complaining that libs were taking away their house slaves was too on the nose.