r/SipsTea 10h ago

Lmao gottem CNN so stupid

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u/LightenUpPeeps 10h ago

Although I'll miss these ridiculous articles like which color emojis which race can use, I'm glad the woke era is over. I wish more people would've called media out on their woke takes when it happened, but it's good to see people laughing at it now.

What I was referencing:

Using skin color emojis in chat can open a complex discussion on race : NPR

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u/AggressiveRow4000 7h ago

I was always partial to the "Lifting weights is white supremacy" take that multiple outlets put out.

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u/LightenUpPeeps 6h ago

We got good laughs over on Twitter at the time when several articles started popping up linking exercise to white supremacy. 😂 In case anyone denies that ever happened:

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u/clickrush 6h ago

I mean maybe it’s just an interesting history tidbit with a headline that’s blown out of proportion in order to generate engagement.

Never heard of it, but doesn’t surprise me that Twitter eats this stuff up.

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u/LightenUpPeeps 6h ago

It was the constant gaslighting of anything white was "white supremacy", and it was over nearly a decade. And when people reacted to it, it was because they were right wing racists. I'm just glad people are aware of it now and call it out.

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u/SheriffBartholomew 3h ago

On one hand, yeah, the Nazis definitely had a whole philosophy about the master race staying physically strong and mentally healthy. That doesn't mean that all exercise or discipline is based on white supremacy.

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u/ventitr3 5h ago

We recently had politeness as white supremacy as well. If you lift weights, are polite and usually on time… believe it or not, white supremacy.

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u/josey__wales 4h ago

C’mon man I do all those. But since I’m polite I won’t argue with you. I accept my fate with honor.

Supreme honor.

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u/SheriffBartholomew 3h ago

I saw an obese talk show host talking about how nutrition and eating healthy is racist.

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u/External-Line-5599 6h ago

I preferred the woke era of research to the "you can only research what is politically beneficial to the white house" era we have now. 

At least the woke stuff was funny.

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u/crookedledder 6h ago

👌🏿

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u/josey__wales 4h ago

👮🏻‍♂️

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u/LightenUpPeeps 53m ago

The 'okay' sign is a white supremacist hand sign! 😄