How is this not racist/xenophobic? (yeah, I know “American” isn’t a race). You make this kind of comic for any other country, and a rational person would be like “yeah, that’s…pretty racist.”
I’m guessing you don’t go to many country music festivals.
I had to work one back in the early 2000s and we started counting US flag to traitor flag bikinis and it was about a 3:1 ratio. Most of them were wearing cowboy hats and Daisy Dukes (jean shorts), but a few just had bikini bottoms.
Not saying any of it isn’t accurate for a portion of the population. But it doesn’t apply to everyone (we’re not a monoculture / planet of hats), and to paint 347,628,682 people with a mural of ugly stereotypes is, well, kinda racist / xenophobic.
I love that your keep trying to conflate culture and race in the context of a meme about common US themes. It’s like you don’t understand the difference between racist tropes used to further oppression and mocking pop culture references.
It’s kicking upwards. US-American culture dominates globally, the US is the most powerful nation on the globe. It is okay, might even be necessary, to poke fun at it.
There is no way people would be as tolerant if this were about like, Argentina, despite the country haven fallen victim to similar politicians. Or even Japan, another rich but declining nation with dominant Conservatism. Or Italy even, which is like Japan in those aspects but mostly white.
I mean, other than some folks jumping in to defend the honor of the Fatherland helpless foreign country which needs terminally online Americans to defend it, I don’t really know that there’d be a big difference in reaction.
There’s not much here that’s… actually offensive unless you really try to read into it? “Ha ha, debt goes up, major restaurants, car type that’s fucking everywhere despite no reason for it, overused national symbol, food additive, regional hat, flag bikini, national obsession”
I guess the diabetes bit?
I don’t really know that an Argentine drawing the same tongue-in-cheek style pic with inflation, whatever national chains are prominent, vehicle jokes, regional dress, a national-team shirt, and a soccer ball would really get a majorly different reaction.
Norf F.C or “Goalposting” is the nickname given to a series of drawings and illustrations originating from 4chan’s /pol/ board satirizing Northern English
Yes, 4chan’s /pol/ board is certainly a mighty fine moral compass you’re referencing there. /s
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How is this not racist/xenophobic? (yeah, I know “American” isn’t a race). You make this kind of comic for any other country, and a rational person would be like “yeah, that’s…pretty racist.”
The artist is American, for one.
I really don’t that that gives it a pass, TBH.
God, I better not ever make jokes about the absurdity of living here, lest I be seen as problematic against my own country.
Welcome to
North KoreaAmerica.Shut up nerd, go worry about a real problem.
Everything in the comic is accurate.
Maybe it’s my inner straight male talking, but I don’t see nearly enough girls in American flag bikinis and cowboy hats in this country.
I once went to Texas and got complimented on my sombrero, though.
They’re out there, but they… don’t look like that.
I’m guessing you don’t go to many country music festivals.
I had to work one back in the early 2000s and we started counting US flag to traitor flag bikinis and it was about a 3:1 ratio. Most of them were wearing cowboy hats and Daisy Dukes (jean shorts), but a few just had bikini bottoms.
Well, no, my family tree isn’t a circle
Not saying any of it isn’t accurate for a portion of the population. But it doesn’t apply to everyone (we’re not a monoculture / planet of hats), and to paint 347,628,682 people with a mural of ugly stereotypes is, well, kinda racist / xenophobic.
Who said it applied to every single American?
That’s like asking if every racist joke should be applied to everyone of that race. That’s kind of how stereotype-based “humor” works.
I love that your keep trying to conflate culture and race in the context of a meme about common US themes. It’s like you don’t understand the difference between racist tropes used to further oppression and mocking pop culture references.
It’s kicking upwards. US-American culture dominates globally, the US is the most powerful nation on the globe. It is okay, might even be necessary, to poke fun at it.
It’s okay to make fun of a culture.
At least I’m fine with that. Culture is the composition of choices.
As someone who sees no problem with the image…
There is no way people would be as tolerant if this were about like, Argentina, despite the country haven fallen victim to similar politicians. Or even Japan, another rich but declining nation with dominant Conservatism. Or Italy even, which is like Japan in those aspects but mostly white.
I mean, other than some folks jumping in to defend the honor of the
Fatherlandhelpless foreign country which needs terminally online Americans to defend it, I don’t really know that there’d be a big difference in reaction.There’s not much here that’s… actually offensive unless you really try to read into it? “Ha ha, debt goes up, major restaurants, car type that’s fucking everywhere despite no reason for it, overused national symbol, food additive, regional hat, flag bikini, national obsession”
I guess the diabetes bit?
I don’t really know that an Argentine drawing the same tongue-in-cheek style pic with inflation, whatever national chains are prominent, vehicle jokes, regional dress, a national-team shirt, and a soccer ball would really get a majorly different reaction.
Am American, everything here is spot-on 100% true. I could find real life photos of everything here.
Yeah, even her.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/norf-fc-simple-as
not really.
Yes, 4chan’s /pol/ board is certainly a mighty fine moral compass you’re referencing there. /s
The meme became very widely used outside of /pol/ and rarely criticized on ‘racist’ grounds.