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OWL and RPDR All Stars 3 running at the same time, itās gaymer season
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Call out time:
This goes out to both liberals and conservatives because youāre both guilty of this shit. Stop taking stills from videos and using them to make your enemies look bad. It discredits your entire argument.
The first picture has been making the rounds in liberal circles as āevidenceā that Trump is a jerk who doesnāt treat his wife right and the Obamas are kindhearted, because it claims to show Trump leaving Melania behind on the steps while the Obamas considerately stop to lead her up. In reality Barack simply ushered Trump up the stairs first and then Melania. As soon as they were at the top of the stairs the Obamas went in together and Trump joined Melania and they went in together, as seen in the 6th picture. Maybe Trump is a jerk who doesnāt treat his wife right, but this picture is not proof of that.
The second picture has been making the rounds in conservative circles as āevidenceā that Michelle is an ungrateful bitch who doesnāt know how to gratefully accept a present. I even saw someone call her a c*nt for it, and I despise that word being used to describe anybody, even though I donāt particularly like Michelle Obama. Now look at the third GIF. Itās clear that Michelle is looking around for someone to hand the gift off to so that they can take the pictures. Barack appears to be telling her something and theyāre just sorting out how to arrange things so their hands are free. Trump also walks in front of her and appears to be helping figure out what theyāre going to do for the picture. Michelle has a pleasant half smile on her face and Iām sure she had said thank you to Melania right before. She looks distracted, not annoyed. And Melania doesnāt look offended. In the next two pictures we see Michelle and Melania interacting pleasantly and smiling. Maybe Michelle is a bitch, but this picture is not proof of that.
Both of these pictures were taken out of context by opposite sides of the political spectrum as a way to say ālook, see?! The people who donāt agree with us are horrible in every conceivable way and donāt have even the most basic grasp of human decency!ā This garbage is so easily discredited that it makes any valid argument seem like itās part of a bunch of lies and out of context photographs to make your opponent look as bad as possible. It needs to stop.
IF YOU SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP
thatās fine and you donāt have to do shit because i donāt discriminate against followers for their political beliefs.
Same goes for any of my Hillary supporters.
I love you guys. Stay safe and know that your political opinions DO matter.
for anyone who doesnt play overwatch, heres essentially whats going on in no particular order
symmetra, someone whoās INDIAN and likely practices HINDUISM if anything at all, was given a CHINESE QIPAO skin and the skin is literally called QIPAO and its still sexualized, bc apparently qipaos and chinese clothing arent constantly sexualized enough
mercy, some WHITE WOMAN, was given a skin based off chinese new year colours, and even worse, a highlight intro where she, a WHITE WOMAN, writes the CHINESE character for good fortune
tracer, a WHITE WOMAN, was given a highlight intro where she does the CHINESE lion dance, the very traditional and culturally important CHINESE lion dance
YELLOW-FACE zenyatta, winston, reinhardt, and roadhog to give them journey to the west themed skins, these four NOT CHINESE characters are given very CHINESE themed character skins
YELLOW-FACE anaās skin, you know, ana, the dark skinned ARAB MUSLIM WOMAN FROM EGYPT
using CHINESE CULTURE as an ~EXOTIC~ aesthetic for tons of sprays
junkrat, who is NOT chinese, has a voice line where he speaks a CHINESE phrase for good fortune in the new year, and is deckd out in CHINESE fireworks which are actually CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT and used in CHINESE new year festivals for a reason
in short this event is a fucking racist mess
Okay, this has to be one of the most misinformed posts Iāve seen about Overwatch, so sit your ass down as I refute this point by point. (If you need credentials Iām actually Chinese plus I play Overwatch on a regular basis :V)
First of all, Lunar New Year is not a religious celebration. It is just a celebration of the new year on the lunar calendar, as the name might suggest. Religion has nothing to do with this. Also, Symmetra isnāt actually wearing a qipao, itās just her usual outfit recoloured into the LNY colour palette. Which is a shame, but thatās Blizzardās only crime in this regard.
Are white people not allowed to speak Chinese? At all? And wear Chinese themed clothing? Itās not even based on racial stereotypes so thereās nothing wrong with Mercy (and everyone elseās outfit). Thereās only one Chinese person in the Overwatch cast. Did you really expect them to load everything on just her and ignore everyone else? I, as a Chinese person, would have been really disappointed in that case. (On a side note, Iām kinda sad there arenāt more Korean themed stuff but Blizzard chose to focus on the Chinese aspect of Lunar New Year I guess.)
The lion dance is not a religious dance. Itās a celebratory dance and also one of skill. The lionās dance isnāt limited to just Chinese performers, people of other cultures can perform it if they are capable of doing it.
Hahahaha, bud have you LOOKED at the skins? None of those four costumes have anything resembling a yellow face.
Please. Go on. Point out the yellow face. Also thematically each of these four characters fit the skins theyāve received. The protagonist of Journey to the West, Sun Wukong, is a monkey. Why not give it to the gorilla?Ā Zhu BajieĀ is actually a pig. Roadhog is pig themed. This makes sense right??? Sadly Iām not as familiar with the other two main protagonists but I can guarantee if I did the research Iād find nothing wrong.
The sprays as far as Iāve seen have all been respectful and none of them are offensive. Just a bunch of Lunar New Year symbols.
See point above about speaking Chinese. Not to mention, Junkrat says Gong Xi Fa Cai perfectly, itās not a racist imitation? Itās a well wishing phrase often said during Chinese New Year to wish the recipient prosperity and fortune. Whatās wrong with that?
To conclude, Chinese New Year is a celebration that is open for sharing, and Blizzard as far as Iāve seen has been respectful of the event and the Chinese culture. So, OP, shut the fuck up.
Edit: I missed the point about Ana, but that oneās not any terrible either. Just google Chinese masks and youāll get a ton of pictures of masks that resemble the one Ana wears. No problem here.
Another Chinese person weighing in here. Everything @skycompass said is pretty much on point. Lunar New Year is NOT a religious holiday, even though it is culturally significant. Everyone is welcomed to participate as long as theyāre respectful of our traditions, which Blizzard has been. Adding on to the Journey To The West thing. Zenyatta is casted as āTang San Zang (åäøč)ā, which is the Buddhist monk who freed the Monkey King from his imprisonment. His character is all about preaching peaceful resolution and the way of zen. Sure sounds like Zenyatta, doesnāt it? Thatās because Blizzard has done their research. Anyway, this Chinese person is going back to playing Overwatch and trying to get myself that NON-SEXUALIZED Chinese outfit for the Chinese character, Mei. ;)
Yet another Chinese person here⦠I LOVE just about everything with this update. Everything @skycompass and @cannedebonbon said above I fully agree, thereās nothing about this update I find offensive. I could write a very long novel of a reply to this, but I feel it unnecessary as most of what truly needs to be said I feel has been said and Iād just be adding fire to the unnecessary flames possible. But I will say this. For anyone who fears how offensive this update is, Overwatch is a big game in China. The first country anyone thinks of when they think of the lunar new year. If you truly think it is offensive, look for major backlash from the Chinese overwatch community. Look for it, but I highly doubt you will find much if any at all. If the players from the country a lot of these skins and such are inspired from arenāt freaking out in a negative way, neither should you. And lastly for anyone who feels thereās a problem with Mercy writing a Chinese Character, or Junkrat speaking Chinese is some kind of problem⦠you need to get out more. Like Iām a recent college grad, and you know what I met a lot of? Chinese language majors and minors, you know what almost all of them were? White. I met so many white people who spoke better Chinese then me, and can write the characters really well. The subjects of Mercy and Junkratās writing and speech is something I could see any one of those people doing, itās not just restricted to Chinese people. And about those fireworks, OPās argument that they are ā CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT and used in CHINESE new year festivals for a reason ā calm yourself friend. Fireworks are fireworks. Sure the Chinese love them but like damn⦠theyāre fireworks. If Junkrat went and visited China he could probably get his hands on all those fireworks, To my knowledge thereās now law keeping those specific kind of fireworks out of white peoples hands.
Hi another Chinese Overwatch player here and for the ones that didnāt read. Ā Everything said below OP is true. Ā Blizzard did a ton of research and very respectfully and accurately represented Lunar New Year. Ā TLDR Ā Thereās nothing to be offended by in the new event. Ā Spreading misinformation and really reaching to be offended by this event is tiring because this is a great example of cultural representation done RIGHT. Ā Not infringing on a religious holiday, no content perpetuating a single stereotype, correct representation of a classic story. Ā
OP deleted their post, which is telling.
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i had a misandry phase about a year or two ago. i thought it was cute and quirky and that all men are awful and feminists are great and antifeminists are dumb and privilege and the rest of that bullshit. i was fourteen. the fact that there are grown ass people that still think misandry is cute and fun is actually kind of alarming
Some idiot: I donāt support gender roles
Male character: *does something remotely feminine*
Some idiot: LOOK AT MY TRANS BABY
Same idiot:Ā Stop labeling mental disorders, thatās ableist uwu
Some character: *Is somewhat awkward in social situations*
Same idiot: AUTISM, MY NEURODIVERGENT HONEYPOP
same idiot: we need more mentally ill characters
character: shows symptoms of mental illness
same idiot: this character is so abusive and problematic
Same idiot:Ā platonic relationships are really important, donāt forget those
Some character:Ā *is friends with another character of the same sex*
Same idiot:Ā LOOK AT THESE GAY BBS ITāS CANON THEYāRE GAY AAAAAH
itās that time of year
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