I dont think shock is what you are attempting to derive from absurdity. Absurd things are just amusing, so long as they are close enough to something real to have some reality. But there is a meta element which I wrote of in my other tweets.
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Replying to @StaringMary @BorisBorisxl and
Best to just take a look at his actual podcast, if you are still having trouble understanding, here is the africa introhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTcMiPs6iPg&list=PL3e1orPYt_4YwSmw1vhXbxfm4fHZdlCkP&index=154 …
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Replying to @StaringMary @BorisBorisxl and
Of course the people who are asking you to explain are really just making the point that the only real joke here is "Chinese people look funny". If you don't believe that then you won't find this "joke" funny.
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Replying to @Chris_Hubris @BorisBorisxl and
That's not the joke, the joke is the absurd caricature and the other things I mentioned. He caricatured 5 different cultures. Including the british.
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Replying to @StaringMary @BorisBorisxl and
The "absurd character" is a well established racist stereotype.
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Replying to @Chris_Hubris @BorisBorisxl and
A caricature. Similar to any caricature.
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Replying to @StaringMary @Chris_Hubris and
Yes but caricatures carry racial and nationalist themes which are loaded with bigotry and xenophobia.
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Replying to @BorrowUsernames @Chris_Hubris and
Not necessarily. You are making that insinuation. My point is that you can mock and caricature without sincerely believing someone is inferior to you. But as you said before you believe humour must have criticism in it, which I do not believe. So we disagree on this point.
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Replying to @StaringMary @BorrowUsernames and
I also don't believe nationalism is a bad thing. You have to be able to understand people have different views than you, to understand how this can be a joke.
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Replying to @StaringMary @Chris_Hubris and
There's a difference between "I like my country" nationalism and "I hate other countries" nationalism. The latter is what Crowder is doing. Also you don't seem to be objecting to the claims that Crowder's xenophobic either.
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This statement makes it clear you are not well informed on the difference between nationalism and internationalism. I think this is the most important political divide among varying factions in the last century so it is well worth examining in the future.
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