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minus-squareblipcast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·edit-210 months agoYou’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.
minus-squarewildginger@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoNo one who reads these comics will turn the fake slur into a real thing. Smbc has made this point before in other comics.
minus-squarelntl@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agofound the gratch! go back where you came from
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