@McNikk
What “message” is this picture trying to send? That slavery is okay? We dont live in the 19th century so the average person wouldn’t see it that way. There isn’t a message, there doesnt need to be one. It’s a shitpost that you can look at and go “woah that’s fucked up haha”. Just because you dont find it funny doesnt mean others can.
Just because a few cunts will agree with racism doesnt mean that you should refrain from joking about it. See what Zerowinger said.
@McNikk
Not funny since the 90s huh? Well the Derpibooru community seems to disagree with you on that, with a 784 to 180 score. People are sick to death of political correctness, cancel culture, and the cancer that is progressivism. You can expect things like this to only become more popular in the coming years, until the left gets the hint that the common people don’t like being told what is and isn’t a damn thought-crime.
I suggest you toughen up, buttercup, because this ride is only just getting started.
@Feydrid Kearn
The meaning behind the loaded questions in my first comment are that this is shitty art that sends a shitty message and people have the right to call the artist out on it. Political incorrectness for its own sake hasn’t been funny since the 90s and nowadays it’s primarily used as dogwhistle by actual racists. Perhaps the artist wasn’t aware?
@McNikk
Are you done making points that have no meaning? Yes, it’s racist, that’s the joke, the political incorrectness is the joke. The most this image is ment to do is get a shock-factor grin or chuckle because of how caricature-y it is.
And then there’s the second layer of humor, which is the reeeing in the comments at it. So this is actually a double joke.
@Background Pony #7372
Guilt by association wasn’t my point. My point was that this art appeals to actual racist people. Would you disagree? Pewdiepie can also at least admit that he made a mistake on occasion and apologize. And has Pewdipie ever worn black face in a stream or something? Because that’s what this would be equivalent to.
@Background Pony #C243
There’s a big difference between interpreting an inspirational song with vague lyrics and making art that blatantly evokes racist stereotypes. You talk like this image is hard to interpret but it’s clearly not. This image also clearly appeals to actual racists since people like stonetoss are retweeting it. The impression I get from art like this is that he clearly does not respect the people he is making fun of. It’s similar to how a political cartoonist will stereotype and exaggerate features of people they don’t respect.
Also, this art depicts Applejack as smugly satisfied and clearly in power so no you could not interpret this as racist against white people.
@McNikk
Because he saw the shitstorm that it caused and is just joining on the shitpost??
Honestly using people’s retweet to bash author is extremely weak. People can’t control who like something, and it gives power to them to basically ruin anybody with a single click.
It’s the same as the people bashing Pewdiepie because “omg far right like his stuff!”
Aside from his media fucks up, a lot of it being fabricated, all of his videos are just tame stuff. Since the dude uploaded EVERY SINGLE DAY and he had a lot of media scrutiny of course any fucks up would get amplified, and since a lot of leftist media was making a fuss about his antics of course the right would counter act by being fans in memetic, leading to that stupid asshole in new zealand.
@McNikk
That’s the thing, however. People will see what they want to see.
Anyone can and will interpret any piece of media or art they experience in a way that speaks to them, either positive or negatively.
For example, take this song by The Protomen called “Hold Back the Night” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apaJ3A56XbM/
The song is sung from the perspective of a woman who’s yet to lose hope in a hopeless world hoping that someone, a hero, will finally fight alongside her and push back the darkness of the world. It’s an amazing and beautiful song, one that practically anyone could identify with.
And that’s the point. Anyone can interpret it how they see it. For example, people who consider Trump to be THIS hero, who will help them fight back the darkness that they perceive to be in the world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAeoW2IS3g0
There is nothing inherently political about the song other than not losing hope and fighting power, so practically anyone can identify with it because they all interpret it at saying something to them.
There is no point in censoring oneself in the belief that saying or doing something might affect others actions, because you’re incapable of affecting how they perceive the world. You can only put your own take out there and hope that someone shares your views.
Is this picture racist because it interprets Zebras as stereotypical black slaves, or because it interprets Applejack as a stereotypical southern plantation owner when she’s never shown to be as such in the show? What you answer doesn’t mean you’re right or wrong, it only reveals what interpretation of the picture you’ve taken.
If you want to learn the original (not necessarily the “real”) interpretation of the painting, you can only ask the artist who created it for it.
@Background Pony #C243
Defending this as “dark humor” feels like a cop-out. I would personally be very concerned if an actual far right antisemite was using my work to promote his worldview. It would make me think about the effect that my art is having.
If people want to see it as either ironic or unironic, regardles on what side of the argument they are on, they will do it.
If you want a genuine answer to that you can only ask AnontheAnon and hope that they can give you an honest answer.
As for myself, I think it’s dark humor, not meant to be taken as any sort of serious political statement.
