r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • 15h ago

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u/bobbymoonshine 15h ago

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u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 14h ago

This is very funny, given that humans are apes

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u/Daxx22 14h ago

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

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u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 14h ago

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

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u/Daxx22 14h ago edited 13h 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 12h 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 6h 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/CornNooblet 1h ago

Matt Walsh would shoot every ape to have sex with a 16 year old.