CyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agoIran wins another goldhexbear.netimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1112arrow-down1imageIran wins another goldhexbear.netCyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerobot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agowhy are the ears like that
minus-squareaaro [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·3 months agoI think they’re trying to make him look like a mouse/rat 😬 a lot of global south nations haven’t really gotten the memo that when you’re Israel bashing, the rat motif is a little too close to antisemitism for comfort
minus-squarerobot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoyeah i don’t see teeth or a tail and i’m not used to subtlety in such tropes
minus-squareaxont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 months agoI mean it’s a political cartoon so they exaggerate people’s features. Netanyahu does have kinda big ears that stick out. At least I hope that’s all it is and not something kinda antisemitic although I don’t think big ears are an antisemitic thing unless this counts:
minus-squarerobot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoright thats why i asked rather than accusing
minus-squareHexBeara [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoYeah… Was wondering why he looks like Dumbo. Is it an antisemitic thing? is it netanyahu or some specific general, governor, etc
minus-squareSpiderFarmer [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI know Hasan in a Chapo episode made a jab at a certain dude’s ears. And thf, the Israeli rep he was referring to has big ears.
minus-squareblight [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoMy immediate thought was not elephant but rat, which given the history of antisemitic tropes is kinda yikes
minus-squareCliffordBigRedDog [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months ago I mean look
minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoHe’s standing in front of kEar Starmer
why are the ears like that
I think they’re trying to make him look like a mouse/rat 😬
a lot of global south nations haven’t really gotten the memo that when you’re Israel bashing, the rat motif is a little too close to antisemitism for comfort
yeah i don’t see teeth or a tail and i’m not used to subtlety in such tropes
I mean it’s a political cartoon so they exaggerate people’s features. Netanyahu does have kinda big ears that stick out.
At least I hope that’s all it is and not something kinda antisemitic although I don’t think big ears are an antisemitic thing unless this counts:
right thats why i asked rather than accusing
Yeah… Was wondering why he looks like Dumbo. Is it an antisemitic thing? is it netanyahu or some specific general, governor, etc
I know Hasan in a Chapo episode made a jab at a certain dude’s ears. And thf, the Israeli rep he was referring to has big ears.
My immediate thought was not elephant but rat, which given the history of antisemitic tropes is kinda yikes
I mean look
He’s standing in front of kEar Starmer