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Or, make your own skunk rape cartoons. If there’s a market for it, great. If not, it’s not your fault, it’s the libs cancelling you.
 
d4m10n said:
Why is it popping on my Tweeter just now? Quirk of the algorithm, perhaps.
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It's popping out now because of Gina Carano. However, no-one hates Star Wars like Fanatic Star Wars fans. People within the Fandom have been upset with Kathleen for quite some time.
 
Shalamar said:
It's popping out now because of Gina Carano. However, no-one hates Star Wars like Fanatic Star Wars fans. People within the Fandom have been upset with Kathleen for quite some time.
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She gave us Rogue One, though.

(Haven't been a serious fan since the 80s.)
 
Pepe Le Pew is a really weird hill to decide to die on. And I've seen a lot of social media posts bemoaning this.

Here's the thing, I watched a lot of WB cartoons after school on TV and I have to say Pepe cartoons were probably my second least favorite of those cartoons, beaten only by Tweety Bird. I just had little interest.

But here's the other thing, WB cartoons were shown in two ways when I was a kid. First was the ones they showed in afterschool UHF TV, and the second was network Saturday Morning shows (Bugs Bunny/Road Runner show). The latter had cartoons that were made more recently (probably for the show itself) and had an art style only slightly different than the ones. Most of them were pretty tame but still entertaining. They kept the themes of the classic cartoons, unlike Tom & Jerry reboots where the two were now friends....

But the UHF ones were in anything goes territory. The would show just about anything WB cartoons produced, with the exception of the ones that were explicitly banned and rescinded by WB for flagrant racism (either against blacks or Japanese typically). A few other cartoons probably weren't shown because WB just didn't like the older early animation style and pacing. That said a few odd ducks without any major WB characters would slip in. My favorite is where Hitler himself decides to personally fly a bomber mission against the allies but is messed up by literal gremlins. It was pretty much anything goes on UHF.

But I don't think there was ever a Pepe cartoon shown on the Saturday Morning shows. He was seen in the cast of characters during the show opening but you never saw him in a show. This was the 70's (the show started in the 60's) so even then they either felt he was problematic or just not really funny. In fairness, I don't think I saw a Speedy Gonzolas cartoon on Saturday Morning either.

Yet I see people bemoaning this. I've seen Pepe referred to as the French Skunk Rapist since I got on the internet, so this really should not be a shock. Yet some must find a hill to die on I guess.
 
The Atheist said:
I think all cartoons are in danger.
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And other things. I remember a few years back reading a recommendation by a Slate author for parents to introduce their kids to Beverly Cleary's books about Henry Huggins. However, the writer did feel the need to caution that Cleary's books mentioned that Henry occasionally went down to the pet store to pick up horse meat for his dog, Ribsy. Apparently the tykes might be triggered by the mention that at one time, our ancestors were so benighted as to use horses for dog food.
 
kookbreaker said:
Pepe Le Pew is a really weird hill to decide to die on. And I've seen a lot of social media posts bemoaning this.
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I don't see anybody dying on that hill. Most are just amused that apparently Charles Blow and Warner Brothers can't see that Pepe's inappropriate behavior is meant to be creepy and farcical. If Blow had said that Pepe is wrong because he's an unkind stereotype of a Frenchman, he might have had a case. But blasting him as an example of rape culture is clueless.
 
kookbreaker said:
Yet I see people bemoaning this. I've seen Pepe referred to as the French Skunk Rapist since I got on the internet, so this really should not be a shock. Yet some must find a hill to die on I guess.
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I mean, there's Dave Chapelle:



(NSFW, obviously). Pepe was rarely seen back in the 80s and 90s from what I recall - and that was around the time they started cutting the more plainly racist punchlines from Tom & Jerry and other Looney Tunes shorts, which is another reason I doubt he had any major role to begin with - even the stories note that his scene (singular) was dropped over a year ago. Still used the end credits from Johnny Quest, though, which were racism perfection.

A podcaster I listen to likes to note that it's actually Speedy's cousin Slowpoke that's the obnoxious stereotype, since he's always sleeping and never wants to do any work. Yes, I know "job-stealing illegals" is also a stereotype, stop asking racists to make sense.
 
Brainster said:
And other things. I remember a few years back reading a recommendation by a Slate author for parents to introduce their kids to Beverly Cleary's books about Henry Huggins. However, the writer did feel the need to caution that Cleary's books mentioned that Henry occasionally went down to the pet store to pick up horse meat for his dog, Ribsy. Apparently the tykes might be triggered by the mention that at one time, our ancestors were so benighted as to use horses for dog food.
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For god's sake don't let them know some countries even eat them. Not to mention kangaroos, camels, goats and pigs.

I've always stated that kids should go through an abattoir as a school trip - if you're going to eat meat, it's a good plan to see the animal as an animal, and how it's turned into food. My daughter cancelled Bambi when she was 4.
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And here's another one - local TV is repeating one US TV program I do like: Married With Children. (Which of course has an actual cancel culture member of cast - Marcy Darcy)

Fat shaming, objectification of women, Christina Applegate as jailbait...

I'm pretty sure it's a documentary on American life. The dog is the smartest member of the family, so seems a strong explanation.

Any wokester worth their gender-neutral opinion would kill to cancel Al Bundy.
 
d4m10n said:
I've already answered this repeatedly in the affirmative. It clearly fits since it was "performed on social media in the form of group shaming" per the definition.

This is not the same as asking whether Andy was "cancelled," though, which you've also asked a few times. My answer to that (distinct) question is at #2077.
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“Yes, or no” isn’t an answer. It’s weaseling out of a question you can’t answer.
 
johnny karate said:
“Yes, or no” isn’t an answer. It’s weaseling out of a question you can’t answer.
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Happy to answer it, but not until you say what "cancelled" should be taken to mean in the question you asked.

Should you take up this challenge, please bear in mind that past tense implies a process has been competed whereas present tense does not.

P1: "Damion is waxing the RV."

P2: "Damion waxed the RV."

P2 implies that P1 was once true, but P1 does not imply that P2 will necessarily obtain.
 
Stout said:
Sure.....Passing judgement is something billions of people do multiple times/day all over the world. As a dyed in the wool hardcore social justice warrior I must admit that I probably do if more frequently and more harshly than most.
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Then I’m not sure by what objective measure you’re claiming that what happened to Gina Carano was somehow wrong. All we’re left with is you telling us that you don’t like it because reasons. That’s not a particularly compelling argument.
 
johnny karate said:
Then I’m not sure by what objective measure you’re claiming that what happened to Gina Carano was somehow wrong. All we’re left with is you telling us that you don’t like it because reasons. That’s not a particularly compelling argument.
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I'm claiming what happened to Carano was wrong now ? No wonder my argument isn't compelling.
 
d4m10n said:
Here's a relatively late-breaking cancellation movement which appears to be coming from, um, sci-fi tradlifers? Not sure, but it isn't being pushed by Fox News yet.

https://twitter.com/idic_saves/status/1368814956502777856
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Yeah, as Shalamar pointed out, that has been around for years.

Weirdly enough, the anti-Kathleen Kennedy crowd haven’t been able to figure out the secret trick to bring Disney to their knees like the anti-Gina Carano crowd figured out in a matter of months.
 
dirtywick said:
Or, make your own skunk rape cartoons. If there’s a market for it, great. If not, it’s not your fault, it’s the libs cancelling you.
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Ben Shapiro probably has this in pre-production right now. Starring Gina Carano.
 
d4m10n said:
Happy to answer it, but not until you say what "cancelled" should be taken to mean in the question you asked.

Should you take up this challenge, please bear in mind that past tense implies a process has been competed whereas present tense does not.

P1: "Damion is waxing the RV."

P2: "Damion waxed the RV."

P2 implies that P1 was once true, but P1 does not imply that P2 will necessarily obtain.
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I don’t need to define your terms for you. Especially in this case, in which you’ve already said he wasn’t “cancelled”.

Which of course, contradicts the definition of “cancel culture” that you provided.

All you’re doing at this point is being evasive to avoid accounting for that contradiction.
 
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