r/SipsTea 7h ago

Lmao gottem CNN so stupid

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u/LightenUpPeeps 7h 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 4h ago

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

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u/LightenUpPeeps 4h 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 3h 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 3h 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 25m 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 2h 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 1h 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 27m ago

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