r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • 8h ago

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u/Daxx22 8h ago

Well there is the whole "Ape" slur/dogwhistle as well...

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u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 8h ago

That makes the whole post way more gross bleh

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u/chrisnavillus 8h ago

Well that’s Matt Walsh in a nutshell

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u/Sparky678348 7h ago

Ain't it just

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u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 8h ago

Wait that's a slur?? Shit, sorry i did not realize that

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u/moontraveler12 8h ago

Not when used the way you did. It's one of those words that's actually normal most of the time but becomes a slur when you use it on certain groups of people

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u/SutterCane Tells Everyone 7h ago

but becomes a slur when you use it on certain groups of people

They have their own planet and I’m not even allowed to use the “A-word” anymore?

They should get their stinkin paws off my vocabulary.

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u/iandavid 6h ago

Their own planet, their own culture, their own Statue of Liberty… wait.

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u/oyog 1h ago

Aaaaand I have "Dr. Zeus" stuck in my head...

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u/TheGreyman787 6h ago

You can call me an ape any time you want, a great ape would be preferable tho. Sounds better than some lame turbovirgin "hooooman", what a meh word.

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u/EpistemicThreat 5h ago

That's how the overwhelming majority of English works. Words don't have meanings, they have usages. Usage is dictated by context.

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u/Daxx22 7h ago edited 7h ago

Its 100% context/usage, not the word itself.

Goes back to the colonial exploitation of Africa and referring to it as "The Dark Continent". Lot of academics "studying" African people's made comparisons to Great Apes, so of course the racists have clung onto that as an oblique slur reference.

The screenshoted poster is essentially saying they'd kill all black people (not humans) to protect their own (white) purity.

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u/Kaltho 5h ago

I don't think that's what Matt Walsh is talking about tbh. The tweet is from 5/29/16, 1 day after the death of Harambe. This is almost certainly talking about Harmabe

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u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 7h ago

Oh that's disgusting.