• zenergy@lemmy.worldOP
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      Would have been funny without the red hat. Not all us mid-western’s are MAGAs.

      You know, red hats existed before MAGA. See: https://www.redhat.com/
      You associating the hat in the comic with MAGA is a you problem.
      Nothing in the comic is political - there’s no reason to bring politics into every conversation.

      • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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        You know, the swastika existed long before Nazis; see https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/卍#Translingual . You associating it with Nazis is a you problem.

        The issue, of course, is that appropriation is a real thing and change common and popular perception is symbolism. Red baseball caps have been appropriated by MAGA, and aggressively used to symbolize support for a particular cult.

        We’re humans, dude. Everything we do in communication is symbolism, with subtext, connotations, and implications. Red baseball caps symbolize MAGA now to most people in the USA, whether you like it or not.

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      But isn’t that the joke? East side guy and west side guy are stereotyping Midwest guy and then he brings up Motown.

      Or maybe I don’t get the joke.