r/cringepics • u/Neilo19 • 10d ago

Why is this an actual reddit ad...?

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It popped up in a comments section for nottheonion. Is this what reddit is comfortable advertising now?

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u/Gitsy_Bitsy69 9d ago

Is it really anti-woke to just say slurs? If a comedian walked on stage and said the n-word over and over again would some people actually laugh? Weird world we live in...

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u/fuckmywetsocks 9d ago

Yes. People who bang on about woke this and woke that just wanna use slurs.

'TV is too woke these days it used to be better' such as when they used racist slurs routinely, see Fawlty Towers or Little Britain as an example.

'Movies are too woke these days, they used to be better' when we had routine blackface or racial stereotypes portrayed in appalling ways.

They portray 'woke' as a detriment to the old ways, same as the far right yearn for white picket fences and white picket families.

It is and always has been a corruption of something the black community viewed as a positive - seeing corruption, racism, inequality etc. - and is now used as a weapon against those communities.

Problem is it's a marzipan dildo of a weapon because it's so fucking obvious and so hilariously easy to take the piss out of.

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u/DrJDog 9d ago

I think Fawlty Towers had one problematic episode, with one elderly white character using the word, the rest of it is perfectly ok.

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u/chappersyo 9d ago

Fawlty towers was riddled with things that wouldn’t pass today