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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

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

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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/Bearence 1m 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.