geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 10 days agoHasan Piker banned from Twitch for calling ICE supporters "rabid ultra-Zionist pigs'lemmy.mlimagemessage-square367linkfedilinkarrow-up1667arrow-down122
arrow-up1645arrow-down1imageHasan Piker banned from Twitch for calling ICE supporters "rabid ultra-Zionist pigs'lemmy.mlgeneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square367linkfedilink
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·9 days agoPigs is so 1960s. Today, I call them Apes.
minus-squareCombatWombat1212@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·9 days agoYou definitely shouldn’t because of racist history behind that word
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·9 days agoBut “Ice Apes” has such a nice ring to it, don’t you think? We can’t use it in an appropriate context because some dumb racists claimed it already? That’s no fun. I think it’s time to reclaim it, and reframe it.
Pigs is so 1960s. Today, I call them Apes.
You definitely shouldn’t because of racist history behind that word
But “Ice Apes” has such a nice ring to it, don’t you think? We can’t use it in an appropriate context because some dumb racists claimed it already? That’s no fun. I think it’s time to reclaim it, and reframe it.
“Frost trolls” maybe?
We are all ape