▲ 862 ▼ The Great Republican Political Strategy of Insult Puerto Rico for Some Reason (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works 183 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Did he throw shade at European-Americans? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I didn't watch because it's a republican political rally but he usually talks shit about other white people in the form of self deprecating humor in the shorts that get passed through my algorithm, so ... maybe? It doesn't help matters much though if he did, and it wouldn't be on the same level as calling the whole island trash. Usually racial comedy can be fun when it takes advantage of knowledge of the in crowd. Like you couldn't really know to make fun of something unless you yourself were a fan of it. Like there are fun ways to joke around about cultures you love. He wasn't doing that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I didn't watch because it's a republican political rally but he usually talks shit about other white people in the form of self deprecating humor in the shorts that get passed through my algorithm, so ... maybe? It doesn't help matters much though if he did, and it wouldn't be on the same level as calling the whole island trash. Usually racial comedy can be fun when it takes advantage of knowledge of the in crowd. Like you couldn't really know to make fun of something unless you yourself were a fan of it. Like there are fun ways to joke around about cultures you love. He wasn't doing that. permalink fedilink source parent