mechwarrior2 [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoMy neighbors put up their Halloween decorations this weekhexbear.netimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up189arrow-down1imageMy neighbors put up their Halloween decorations this weekhexbear.netmechwarrior2 [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGVAGUY3 [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year agoI once saw some people say Halloween is reactionary because Zombies and Mummies are African things that white people find scary. Also that the word Spooky is a slur.
minus-squareDoghouseCharlie [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoI wouldn’t be surprised to see those kinds of takes on here, to be honest.
minus-squareiie [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agospook apparently does have some history as a slur for black people
minus-squareGriffithDidNothingWrong [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoIt sure makes trying to explain egoism to libs annoying.
minus-squareDoghouseCharlie [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoIt’s also the name of one of the cats in Top Cat.
minus-squareAlaskaball [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 year agoI don’t see them talking about how Halloween is Irish cultural appropriation of Samhain
I once saw some people say Halloween is reactionary because Zombies and Mummies are African things that white people find scary. Also that the word Spooky is a slur.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see those kinds of takes on here, to be honest.
spook apparently does have some history as a slur for black people
It sure makes trying to explain egoism to libs annoying.
It’s also the name of one of the cats in Top Cat.
I don’t see them talking about how Halloween is Irish cultural appropriation of Samhain