Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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submitted 6 months ago by Linkerbaan to c/microblogmemes

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[–] HauntedCupcake 2 points 6 months ago

The archive link is a little broken, but still readable if you put in some effort https://web.archive.org/web/20240714025310/https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaunharper/2024/07/13/will-surviving-gunfire-be-donald-trumps-next-appeal-to-black-voters/

Looks like it was well meaning. But it's possibly the most unintentionally racist thing I've read this year, and boy that headline is a spicy one. It almost reads as an Onion article.

The writer calls themselves a "diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) expert" which feels ironic, as that would be the person I'd suggest review articles like this before publish.

"And the Blacks, they love me because they know the terrifying sound of gunshots," isn't a claim that Trump has actually made.

I found this bit particularly hilarious, it really captures the Trump spirit. Which is the writer's point, it's too easy to imagine this in Trump's voice