The few conversations I’ve had there have been unproductive and inflammatory. While even in other instances when I’ve said something someone disagreed with they would at least support their statement. Also no one would tell me why the “Confused Unga Bunga” meme is racist but they keep accusing me of it. I’m all for open discussions but even the comments there are so angry and toxic.
Edit: I’m reading every comment and taking everything people said and considering all sides. My stance on the phrase has changed but I am still hesitant about giving hexbear a chance. I’ll sleep on it though.
Edit: Yeah I see your point.
I assure you, racists have not forgotten.
Really, you don’t have to defend it.
Edit: removed the snark because you do appear to be taking criticism, which is something someone with terminal reactionary brainworms does not do. Self criticism helps us grow and get better opinions, and I hope you’ll reevaluate Hexbear differently now that you see where we’re coming from
Racist tropes don’t have an expiration date what are you talking about
It has more lasting relevance than your “my wholesome
buddies totally were just talking about a caveman video game from the 90s that never actually says Unga Bunga in it” claims.
EDIT: Seems a 90s video game may have had a racist dogwhistle in it. Which absolves all uses of a racist utterance forever and ever!
https://youtu.be/itnahhfiu0c?t=129
Looks like you lied, again.
You didn’t block this instance if you’re still scrambling to cover your ass.
I can’t with my app on mobile(unless it’s a recent)☠️ I’ve just been manually blocking each community as I see them. Being wrong is not the same as lying.
You can be wrong and lie in alternating fashion, and that’s what you’ve done here so far.
Go away already.
I showed you where in the game he said it, and didn’t change anything I said though, not counting editing my original comment. I’m willing to no longer use the phrase I just couldn’t stand you jumping on me with buzzwords and accusations. I do try to be a decent human, but I’m just some internet stranger to you. I was genuinely confused wanted help understanding it and you just dogpiled me.
It was a racist utterance from way before that and your pretenses of innocent wholesome smol bean gamerness run awfully thin if that’s what the entirety of your case to keep uttering it comes from.
Again, you haven’t blocked this instance yet. And you should.
Uhh, I’m trying to apologize and grow from this, I’m explaining my position and where the statement came from, not justifying it. I needed you to know where I came and I wanted to know where you came from so we could reach an understanding. I can’t block instances in voyager. At least I tried.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/itnahhfiu0c?t=129
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The N word had its first documented use in the early 17th century so it’s clearly okay to use nowadays
Historical usage informs modern usage. There are still people very negatively affected by outdated concepts that have carried through into modern language.
Like women being associated with the word “hysterical” based on the idea that “hysteria” was a “wandering uterus” and caused behavioural problems. That idea is first found four thousand years ago in ancient Egyptian documents - yet still has influence on our language and thinking today.
Time is not always enough to make poison innocuous.
You could probably argue something like that, but perpetuating something so deeply rooted in racism isn’t worth it when the payoff is… Meme funnies.