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[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Caricaturing people of other ethnicities look like monkeys to degrade them has a looong, racist tradition. About 100 years ago, russians were considered a backwards, horde of uncivilized asian/mongols in Europe.

I simply see these kinds of caricatures as racist. And I'm not alone in this.

It's about as cool as depicting him as a kraken (antisemitic), or as a drag queen, to "own" him.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It's really sad that you have to explain this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Apparently, I'm a russian asset for pointing this out.

Because racism is good if it targets the right people. /s