• Schmoo@slrpnk.net
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      6 months ago

      I disagree. Memes are powerful tools and by denying ourselves the use of popular memes we grant “the enemy” an enormous advantage. Better we acknowledge that the issue is not the meme itself, but how it is used.

      • onoira [they/them]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        6 months ago

        she’s alluding to the fact that these characters — the ‘soyjack’ and ‘gigachad’ — are historically, and still actively are, alt-right charicatures. together with their friends, ‘tradwife’ and ‘doomer (girl)’: they represent misogynistic, racist, antisemitic, and white supremacist tropes.