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[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just some 30 year kids. They will say edgy things. I mean, come on guys. … no really, let’s go to ikea and fuck a sofa.

[–] Cedar@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

You may have a career in politics ahead of you, my friend. Maybe even Vice President.

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago

From the same party that wants to charge minority children as adults if they misbehave. Actual adults are just kids though.

Only good Nazi is a dead Nazi.

[–] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What are watermelon people supposed to be?

[–] jdf038@mander.xyz 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Racist term for black Americans

[–] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Huh. Thanks. I have no clue how that even makes abstract sense. (bit I don't think I really care)

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Iirc (don't quote me on this) during reconstruction after the Civil War many black Americans had little land (if any) and watermelon was an easy crop for limited land. Racist white people then associated the fruit with those they hate.

You got it, but you left out some details. The watermelon was actually a symbol of hope and prosperity for the recently freed slaves. The former slave owners, didnt like it. So, owning the media of the time, they started running ads showing caricatures of black people eating watermelon like animals. It took less then 10 years for the belief to become common that it was always a racist trope.

See also, fried chicken. That one came from Birth of a Nation. Both of these racist stereotypes persist today. I know the black community in America wanted to reclaim the N word, but IMO, they should have reclaimed the Watermelon as the symbol of freedom and perseverance that it once was for that first generation of freed slaves who over came massive hurdles to make a life for themselves.

To give you an idea of just how bad it was, there was a story about a woman who was a nanny for a young boy. When she was freed, and had to leave the boy cried and was utterly distraught that she was leaving. A few years later that young boy met his nanny again. The woman was overjoyed to see him and asked if he'd like to share some watermelon with him. His reply? "I dont eat n***** food.". Thats the power of the media, and then it was only a few newspapers. Just imagine what its doing to us all today.

[–] Soulg@ani.social 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Black people like watermelon. It's a stereotype

[–] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Don't most people like watermelon?

[–] Soulg@ani.social 1 points 9 hours ago

Honestly I'm not a fan, but in America it is explicitly tied to racism for whatever reason

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

The fried chicken and watermelon thing is the stupidest thing in the world. Everyone loves these things. Every single culture in the entire world has its own fried chicken dish.

[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago

So the party that likes the slavers, the crossed flag, that hates poor's, ... is a Nazi nest...

What are the news again?

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 79 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They’re not joking. They’re literally starting a genocide and a fascist military police state in front of our eyes

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[–] wickedrando@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 days ago

We all knew.

[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 319 points 3 days ago (10 children)

To be honest, this has always kinda been how the conservatives in the US talk when they're by themselves. I grew up in the 70s and heard it quite often from uptight assholes on the right.

It's not anything new, really. It's just that today the communications, instead of being face to face, are online and they leave records of their conversations.

Bigoted jackasses, gonna jackass.

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[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 130 points 2 days ago (19 children)
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[–] Matombo@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago

As long as on person is stupid enough to buy their bs they will continue doing it ... :/

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