• quinceyBones@lemmy.zipEnglish
      9·
      17 days ago

      Tankie lies and racism like usual.

      1. The meme was invented in China, by the Chinese.

      2. It only refers to Xi.

      You are being racist by assuming it represents all Chinese people because you think they look “yellow” or with “small eyes”

    • 🏴Akuji@leminal.spaceOP
      15·
      17 days ago

      Honestly, that’s the goal. I had a brief exchange with resident marxist preacher, the one and only @Cowbee about Pooh, followed what’s been said in other threads, and concluded that, if it can be that easily interpreted as racist, the symbol needs to be changed.
      I’m not getting my hopes too high, but if I could contribute to trigger something about that…

      • spencerwi@lemm.ee
        2·
        17 days ago

        My interactions with that user have led me to believe that they’re less Marxist and more just pro-Xi. As Stalin demonstrated pretty clearly, there’s a difference between being the dictator of a nominally-communist country (or a fanboy of said dictator) and being an actual Marxist.