• finitebanjo@piefed.world
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    3 days ago

    The bad guys on the TV Show were Foot Clansmen Ninja lead by Shredder.

    Shredder may have encouraged cultural appropriation but he explicitly was never racist.

    The joke is nobody would recognize the foot clansmen VAs.

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      3 days ago

      They were never called “clansmen” for obvious reasons. “The Foot Clan” or simply “the Foot” as a group, “Foot soldiers” as individuals.

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        They are Clansmen. They’re part of a clan.

        Maybe think a little harder before accusing people of being part of the KKK, thats an extreme accusation up there with rape and theft.

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          2 days ago

          That term is closely associated with the KKK now, which is why they were very deliberately never called that in the show. I never said anything about anyone being part of the KKK, I said you used improper terminology.

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            2 days ago

            That “term”? The term being the singular word “clansmen” in the context of Ninja Turtles characters?!

            You’re out of your damn mind.

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              2 days ago

              Okay, show me an instance where a Foot soldier from TMNT is officially referred to as a “clansman.” I’d actually be interested to see if it ever happened.

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          3 days ago

          Yeah, that’s what happened. As we all know, they were called “clansmen” in the show.

          What a perfectly constructed joke. No notes, keep being groovy, daddy-o.