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the exact kind of thing that would end up out of context posted around the shittier corners of the internet
For the sake of research, I did a reverse image search and it turns out that this is true, it has been posted on some pretty rank twitter accounts. Like you, I don't get why flag shaggers would be posting something which is most obviously read as calling out racism in the house of Windsor, but then I guess nuanced thinking isn't their thing
can be taken out of context when posted to a somewhat public place
I'm afraid that ship sailed when it was retweeted by an account with over 200k followers. LFGSS might loom large in our thinking, but it's a minnow in the wider view.
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I don't get why flag shaggers would be posting something which is most obviously read as calling out racism in the house of Windsor,
Really?
I think any joke which centres around the colour of someone’s skin is most obviously read as just plain racist.
Memes exist to entertain, not to educate or call anything out. They only people laughing at racism are racists.
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I'm afraid that ship sailed when it was retweeted by an account with over 200k followers. LFGSS might loom large in our thinking, but it's a minnow in the wider view.
I'm well aware of that, I'm not trying to suggest you posting it would lead to it ending up in shitty places, more that you've shared something that will have already been shared in shitty places, so it's already lost any original value and now it's just propagating it's racist delta variant. Which is probably why nuanced jokes about race or power dynamics or whatever aren't best served by memes, I'm all for being able to use comedy for whatever but you do need to be aware of the room and context, a lot of stand up is a clever, self derogatory slight on stage but would be straight up abuse to a stranger in the street.
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snottyotter
It's not got much effect on me TBH, I'm not particularly fucked about the meme either, I can see what it could mean either way and being posted by you means I'm sure it's meant as more of a slight on the royals than anything else, but saying that, it's also the exact kind of thing that would end up out of context posted around the shittier corners of the internet by people who don't think that, or think much at all. Yeah it probably says more about them that they share something unwittingly attacking the royal family when they're just trying to laugh at the colour of an estranged royal baby, but sometimes you should be at least aware that the unintended consequences of you're actions can be taken out of context when posted to a somewhat public place rather than a joke around a table of like minded supper guests over a glass of port.