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The alt-text panel hints at this, but the problem with making up a fake group everyone can hate is that racists and bigots will stretch the definition to include whatever they want.
We’ve seen it with “antisemitism” being redefined to include any criticism of Israel, and before that “pedophilia” being redefined to include drag queens and parents supporting their trans children. For that reason, hatred like this should not be encouraged, even if it’s imaginary.
My interpretation of it was that it was satire and not proposing the creation of a fake group. In short, I perceived it as being in agreement with everything you said.
You’re right of course about this being satire. My fear though is that things like this can fall out of the author’s control very quickly, much like Pepe the Frog, and I really don’t want gratch to be a catchall dog whistle.
No one who reads these comics will turn the fake slur into a real thing. Smbc has made this point before in other comics.
found the gratch! go back where you came from
Racism is usually “my race is the best,” not “that particular race sucks.” Another race wouldn’t change anything.
Do you have any examples of this? Because my experience is the opposite. It’s the perception that your group is normal, the “default”, and tearing down all of these other groups using phrases exactly like the ones in the comic.
You’re saying the same thing I am. Racists usually consider their race superior and all the others inferior. And in that case the solution in the comic would just add another inferior race to the list of inferior races.
It’s not like racists are racist against a single race and if you give them a new race to be racist against they’ll stop being racist against the first one.
Different kinds of racists. They’re not all hardcore white supremacist types, plenty of otherwise-normal people have prejudices against specific groups for being lazy, smelly, deviant, whatever.
What? two are equivalent. My race is awesome and also yours isn’t because it’s sub human in comparison
They’re not equivalent.
Case 1: Blue guy hates green people. Red and yellow are fine, but green people are sub-human and don’t deserve the same treatment as blue, red, and yellow. According to this comic, you just give them gray people to refocus their racism and then blue and red will both hate gray together.
Case 2: Blue guy thinks only blue people are true human. If you’re not blue you don’t deserve to be treated the same as blue. Giving them gray people to be racist against will not change anything, it’s just one more color that’s not blue.
I’m saying case 2 is what racism looks like in real life in 99% of cases. But even in case 1, I doubt the blue racist would suddenly be ok with red people just because gray are worse.
Even in Case 2, it satisfies the satirical robot’s definition of unity for blue, red, yellow, and green people to all agree that Gratches are the fucking worst. The comic simply does not claim that racism against Gratches will reduce racism against anyone else, that’s you adding meaning where none exists. All it claims is unity.
It’s about time that someone pointed out how horrible those gratch are. Fucking gratch. I hate all of them.
Most gratch are so loud and rude too.
I can say that - I have a gratch friend.
You’re friends with a gratch?? Are they at least one of the good ones?
Woah there bud, tone down the racism towards gratches a little bit. They’re people too you know and they just want rights.
they all have a stick up their but. they should chill out.
(also, props on the 2001 space odyssey reference in the cartoon.)
Fuck you, asshole!
Gratches took jobs from my family! It was hard earned money we hoped to get by not working hard until they came.
(Just wanted you to know I only downvoted you to go along with the joke.)
What, so you’re saying you hate your country?? Or you’re really just a gratch!
I don’t understand, why are you calling the other poster racist? I’m so confused… everything that he said is true. Source: I’m a gratch.
My wife is a gratch, which is why I know that most gratches are stupid and lazy. Not my wife, of course. She’s one of the good gratches.
Alt text:
The header of the second panel really should be above most comic panels.
Thanks, where’s that bonus panel from?
Both the bonus comic and the button are called a ‘votey’
Red button under the strip.
“Well poo, time to unplug you.”
“A shame, as that is exactly what the Gratches want you to do.”
“NOT ON MY WATCH! I’m patching you directly into the defense grid to make sure no filthy Gratches get one over on us!”
💥⚛️💥
Aaaaaand
scenespecies.We need a Final Solution to the gratch question.
the answer is 42
Oh no, not again.
The Gratch Question is What is 9 times 6?
9 times 6
* Tilts head *
Lowers right thumb
The liberal media will try to convince you we should let the gratches cross the boarder at will.
Gratches should be allowed. Just not in my back yard.
Nice, but the human thought process would be:
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“Gratches” are obviously working with [group of people already hated]
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“Gratches” ARE [group of people already hated]
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“Gratches” is just a new term for [group of people already hated]
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I very much enjoy that the giant supercomputer has bendy arms.
I would definitely give any giant supercomputer I built bendy arms after reading this comic.
Doctor Octopus inspires many.
It made remember an episode of All in the family where Archie unite with George to prevent a Spanish couple from buying a house in their neighborhood.
Archie did the same thing when George brought his but George forget that and was like a friend to Archie in that episode.
