• PugJesus@kbin.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    It’s… depicting an androgynous soldier asking a Russian soldier the Russian’s pronouns as the Russian force is obliterated by the androgynous soldier. Russian military propaganda has put a great value on being ‘macho’ and queerphobic. The Russian soldier is begging for mercy in response to the question.

    How is it not on the side of the pronouns?

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      1 year ago

      I see. My interpretation was that it ridiculed people who give importance to preferred pronouns. The right and their Russian apologists have been making similar memes about the supposed rainbow army on the West using pronouns in combat. I get that maybe that wasn’t your intention but with that context in mind and without your detailed explanation, it seems like just another right-wing meme. I don’t think a conservative looking at it would arrive at your explanation so easily. Because, in all honesty, that looks like the tired old trope of a typical Tumbler user being petty thinking they’re having an impact and not an androgynous soldier punishing an enemy. Again, it probably wasn’t your intention, but that’s not what it looked like to me

      But anyway, thank you for taking the time to clarify and now I see it differently, I just wanted to give some feedback

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        1 year ago

        No worries. Tone is hard over the internet, especially with imagery that’s trying to be ‘punchy’ and funny rather than precise.

        • Lemminary@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Actually, I caught myself being unnecessarily confrontational. To be honest, I recently had a bad experience and it put me on edge. I really had to step back and reflect. My sincere apologies, man. I should’ve approached you with an open mind in the first place and I did exactly the thing I hate about the comments social media. It’s a tough habit to break but I’m on it.

          • PugJesus@kbin.socialOP
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            1 year ago

            No offense taken! We all have bad days, I just hope your day gets better (or the next day is better, depending on your time zone)!