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62. I can assure you gamergate deserved scorn and confusion.

Reply to ismnotwasm (Reply #46)

Mon Oct 11, 2021, 05:54 AM

Oct 2021

This article deserves an eye roll and a loud not helping.

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Scientific American opinion piece: Star Wars & the Jedi are problematic, racist, sexist, and ableist [View all] Dial H For Hero Oct 2021 OP

I just fucking can't anymore. CrackityJones75 Oct 2021 #1

Lighten up, Francis n/t Silent3 Oct 2021 #2

LOL, right? LymphocyteLover Oct 2021 #41

Adopt this claptrap as the core philosophy of our platform & the Rethugs will be pushing 67 Senators Celerity Oct 2021 #3

Perfect example of Poe's law. NYC Liberal Oct 2021 #6

exactly! LymphocyteLover Oct 2021 #42

Yep Dorian Gray Oct 2021 #22

Agree. Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author NYC Liberal Oct 2021 #4

I thought this was the Onion. Truly sad times we live in. Decoy of Fenris Oct 2021 #5

And the writer has run out of things to write about PatSeg Oct 2021 #39

A few years ago this WOULD have been The Onion AnyFunctioningAdult Oct 2021 #7

I think this video sums up my feelings about this article. Downtown Hound Oct 2021 #8

Tracey Ullman.. whathehell Oct 2021 #20

Oh, that is brilliant, thanks for sharing! PatSeg Oct 2021 #40

LOL BannonsLiver Oct 2021 #9

*facepalm* sakabatou Oct 2021 #10

When did Scientific American become a satirical magazine? andym Oct 2021 #11

It took 5 of them to scratch this out? I suspect this was really meant... t... TreasonousBastard Oct 2021 #12

OFFS. This is why we can't have nice things. nolabear Oct 2021 #13

The buttfucking hell is this? vercetti2021 Oct 2021 #14

this is the type of thing that gives political correctness a bad name jg10003 Oct 2021 #15

Always suspected Yoda secretly hate people of color. Who weren't green. GulfCoast66 Oct 2021 #16

I'm relieved seeing the other replies in this thread Hav Oct 2021 #17

i agree catsudon Oct 2021 #18

Can someone explain Sgent Oct 2021 #19

because it's specifically about using JEDI for diversity initiatives in STEMM fishwax Oct 2021 #38

"An attack" lmaoooooo WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #21

This is literally a gift to the Dorian Gray Oct 2021 #23

This isn't a satirical piece meant to mock cancel culture? Takket Oct 2021 #24

Not only stupid d_r Oct 2021 #25

Good grief.. Patton French Oct 2021 #26

Glad to see onion writers branching out to other publications. cinematicdiversions Oct 2021 #27

"This is not the conclusion you're looking for," said Obi-Q Kenobi. nt Buns_of_Fire Oct 2021 #28

Per the article, Obi-Wan was being toxically masculine and gaslighting those poor stormtroopers Dial H For Hero Oct 2021 #30

Off the scale edbermac Oct 2021 #29

A Preposterous Stretch ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #31

Next: Snow White and the Seven Little People. Marcuse Oct 2021 #32

Pieces like this is why the Right is proudly anti-intellectual. Coventina Oct 2021 #33

Idiotic Article Johnny2X2X Oct 2021 #34

I feel attacked... N/T Jedi Guy Oct 2021 #36

context is everything, and it isn't really an attack fishwax Oct 2021 #37

If this isn't an attack, I'd hate to see what one looks like. Dial H For Hero Oct 2021 #44

yeah, but specifically within the context of *advancing diversity and inclusion* fishwax Oct 2021 #45

Unless I'm mistaken, their article actually spends more time discussing what they perceive as the Dial H For Hero Oct 2021 #54

you are mistaken, in the sense that everything mentioned about star wars and disney is fishwax Oct 2021 #58

What's funny is that most people here on DU are reacting as I do, with an eye-roll to this article.. Silent3 Oct 2021 #43

Ah yes. And the typical responses reminding me of gamergate. ismnotwasm Oct 2021 #46

Its a franchise that has spanned 5 decades CrackityJones75 Oct 2021 #47

There were so many inaccuracies it was hard to pick a favorite. Jedi Guy Oct 2021 #48

Exactly! CrackityJones75 Oct 2021 #51

I can assure you gamergate deserved scorn and confusion. cinematicdiversions Oct 2021 #62

That "white saviorism" really bothered me with both Mace Windu and Yoda. Bucky Oct 2021 #49

Not to mention all the other non-human jedi. CrackityJones75 Oct 2021 #52

That seems to be a theme with that particular actor. Dr. Strange Oct 2021 #59

Still at it, eh? LanternWaste Oct 2021 #50

It's no so much that someone had this opinion Zeitghost Oct 2021 #53

Utter garbage The Revolution Oct 2021 #55

OMG. just no. OhioBlue Oct 2021 #56

it's a story for that era's minds, dissect Odysseus with current American human values Shellback Squid Oct 2021 #57

I don't even know where to go with this Mad_Machine76 Oct 2021 #60

LOL Ace Rothstein Oct 2021 #61