Suddenly seeing more hexbear posts. Did we re-federate with them?

If so, was it polled somewhere?

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Oh, so @CookieJarObserver is using the racist Whinnie the Pooh insult.

As always. Scratch a liberal and a fascist/racist bleeds.
- You realize that this picture originated from Chinese social media right?
  
  Things can undergo a transformation, just because the original usage might have been innocent. If something starts being used by white racists or western imperialists in a racist way, would ya look at that, it’s racist.
  Also, it’s covert racism. It gives people plausible deniability. Like you are doing now.
  And this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Peril
  
  You may be in different circles than me. In my circles, it is used to poke fun at Xi Jinping, not the Chinese people. It is a caricature, just as we draw caricature of our own politicians. Despite the CCP's attempts, Westerners distinguish between race and state. Xi Jinping is not China and China is not Xi Jinping.
  
  There are lot's of ways to criticize a political figure or a government. But you choose the racist caricature.
  Back to point 2: it’s covert racism. It gives people plausible deniability.
  But, at the end of the day, westerners imperialists love their orientalism and their covert racism.
  
  You do realize the only reason why people keep sharing it is because of the Barbra Streisand effect. People loyal to Xi Jinping thought hate it, so people like me share it because it's funny to see their reaction
  
  I think you should undergo the Barbara Pit effect
  
  You do realize the only reason why people keep sharing racism is because of the Barbra Streisand effect. People loyal to Xi Jinping thought hate racism, so people like me share racism because it's funny to see their reaction
  
  And you realise that watermelons originated in Africa, right?
  You realise that the origin of something doesn't determine the depictions of it supporting racist stereotypes, such as a vast array of disgustingly racist caricatures of black people eating watermelons isn't absolved by the fact that watermelons originated in Africa, right?

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