• rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      10 months ago

      They’re angry because their own craniometry told them they were rejects.

      (tangential - Disco Elysium had some really funny racists. Fucking Measurehead.)

      • LadyLikesSpiders@lemmy.ml
        12·
        10 months ago

        I just started Disco ELysium and the last thing I did was talk to measurehead. Hot damn is “ham sandwich race” such a good racial insult

  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
    24·
    10 months ago

    Ugh seriously it’s so often these dipshits who think their race makes them special. Like I get that they probably are reaching deep into the barrel to find anything that makes them special it’s not like they can fall back on their personalities, intelligence, appearance, or achievement. So they’ve got to brag about not having much melanin when for other folks it’s just a physical feature we have that’s unfortunately got several centuries of baggage to it.

    • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
      13·
      10 months ago

      Like I get that they probably are reaching deep into the barrel to find anything that makes them special it’s not like they can fall back on their personalities, intelligence, appearance, or achievement.

      This one detail is responsible for the kernel of sadness I feel for many on the far right. These are despicable people who were once kids who just wanted to be grownups and do grownup things. And whether due to genetics or due to upbringing, anything else that might have given them a sense of pride and competence is not something they have. As you say - all they have left is trying to push others down, hoping this lands them on top. Damn it’s truly sad.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
        3·
        10 months ago

        Exactly. Like I’m not going to pretend that racism isn’t a problem at all levels of society. But at a certain level of doing shit with my life worthy of pride people building their life around racism went from wrong and stupid to also being pathetic. Either your skin color is all you have going for you which is fucking pathetic or you’ve achieved something with your life and you still manage to think that your whiteness is one of your most important features which says something is seriously wrong with you. There’s no pride or specialness in being the cultural default.

        Like my family immigrated to America recently enough that where we’re from is slightly relevant to my life experiences, and so it has some value to me. But how could I be such a delusional jackass that I can’t see that in others. If grandpa was an immigrant well then I oughta welcome folks here like he wished he’d been welcomed. I appreciated getting to celebrate grandpa’s culture, so maybe other people would like to too and maybe I’ll enjoy celebrating other people’s culture. If America is better for folks like my family being in it then who am I to say other families can’t make it better too.

  • IndiBrony@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    10 months ago

    Found him. Rain Epler. He was environmental minister until 2021. He’s part of the conservative party.

    This is what he looked like in 2017 - a typical conservative type.

  • Sarmyth@lemmy.world
    15·
    10 months ago

    I recall something about this with Boris Johnson being intentional. That may be what’s happening here. It’s so bad that your political opponents fixate on it, and half the articles written about you are about your dumb looks instead of your monstrous policies.