here's a clip taken from youtube of steven crowder, who @TeamYouTube have said does not violate their policies. youtube are apparently happy to have this material on their websitepic.twitter.com/NsIDtHAwCE
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Replying to @shaun_vids @shaun_jen and
God forbid someone make a joke....Freedom of expression in the modern public square should not be infringed. These are monopolies and should be broken up and/or be subject to the 1st amendment.
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Replying to @stranded_360 @shaun_jen and
I don’t understand the joke. Could I ask you to please explain it?
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Replying to @BorisBorisxl @stranded_360 and
Crowder was doing a "cultural appropriation month" event on his podcast, in which he dressed up as a caricature of various cultures as a sort of festive introduction. He did Mexico, china, africa, the middle east and britain.
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Replying to @BorrowUsernames @BorisBorisxl and
Perhaps a different context will make it easier to understand. Imagine a caricature of a fat businessman chomping on a cigar. The gag is in the caricature. If it offends you, you will struggle to find it amusing, though with crowder I suspect the offense is part of it.
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Replying to @StaringMary @BorisBorisxl and
A caricature of a "fat businessman chomping on a cigar" is a critique of those with extreme wealth. What exactly is a caricature of a "Chinese man with bucked teeth and big glasses" supposed to be critiquing, exactly?
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Replying to @BorrowUsernames @BorisBorisxl and
Well if you will indulge me I will explain further. Firstly a caricature is not merely funny as a critique, it is also a funny absurd stereotype, visually and conceptually.
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Replying to @StaringMary @BorrowUsernames and
You are applying your own perspective here, when you require that there be a critique you find politically acceptable. Someone else may find the representation of a stereotype of another, or indeed their own culture, as being amusing in its absurdity.
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Replying to @StaringMary @BorrowUsernames and
Juxtaposition and the absurd are all well and good, but the way he’s depicting the stereotype is not at all new; we’ve seen the buck-tooth look before since before Twitter, YouTube, or likely any of the users were born.
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So surely the joke can’t hinge on the depiction of this appearance as an absurd caricature...the “shock” would just be in someone pulling the same “joke” again in 2019
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