Things are tense here, for sure, but you gotta take a deep breath and step back from it and know when the joke isn't a direct attack on you (unless it is), and try not to cheapen words like bigotry by defensively applying it to an arguably accurate depiction of many Americans. Don't prove their joke by missing the nuance yourself.

[–] BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Turns out that prejudice is harmful even if it isn't negative, or even about you in particular.

At least, that's what we've been saying about racial prejudice for a long time. Dunno when we forgot about that.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I hate this idea that suddenly it's okay to judge people as a group of millions if the "conditions are right". That opens a door we should want to keep closed

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's still pretty shitty to judge an entire population and paint them with one generalized brush, no matter how you frame it. You assume my annoyance is personal but it's not.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, I'm an American and I thought it was funny.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago

Maybe if the tone were right I'd agree but I read it as angry snark, not as a joke