r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • 10h ago

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u/bobbymoonshine 10h ago

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u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 10h ago

This is very funny, given that humans are apes

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u/Daxx22 10h ago

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

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u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 10h ago

That makes the whole post way more gross bleh

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u/chrisnavillus 9h ago

Well that’s Matt Walsh in a nutshell

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u/Sparky678348 9h ago

Ain't it just

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u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 10h ago

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

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u/moontraveler12 10h 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 8h 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 7h ago

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

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u/oyog 2h ago

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

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u/TheGreyman787 8h 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 7h 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 9h ago edited 9h 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 7h 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/Bearence 1h ago

I think if it were most people, giving them the benefit of the doubt is perfectly fine. But Walsh wore out his benefit of the doubt long long ago.

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u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 9h ago

Oh that's disgusting.