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1. tptace+aH[view] [source] 2023-02-18 23:08:25
>>GavCo+(OP)
I'd be interested in hearing the most credible/reputable sources speaking out in favor of these changes. I've exclusively seen commentators dunking on this (rightfully so), across the political spectrum. To be clear: I'm wondering if we can find specific people speaking up for this, not an analysis of whose side of the culture war is most culpable for it.
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2. ec1096+qo1[view] [source] 2023-02-19 05:20:54
>>tptace+aH
There’s an early chapter in Charlie and the Glass Elevator that feels like it was written by a racist 11 year old, with the idiot president making fun of every ethnicity in the most banal way possible.

I skipped it when reading the story to my children.

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3. tomp+8z1[view] [source] 2023-02-19 07:42:17
>>ec1096+qo1
Surely it’s not racist to make fun of every ethnicity?
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4. dijit+7P1[view] [source] 2023-02-19 10:49:38
>>tomp+8z1
I can think of times it can be.

“All white people are slave owners”

“All black people love watermelon”

“All jews love money”

“All indians love curry”

etc.

Even if you’re not picking on a single group, you can still be perpetuating untrue (and even potentially harmful) stereotypes.

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