Racism?

Since I was just informed that my parody of the left's current talking-point mantra that "white rightwingers are just scaredy-cats who wet themselves at the sight of a 'brown person' on a plane" was "racist" (or just "racism disguised as parody"), I thought I'd share this with ScaredyPat:

I'm not ashamed of the sudden incontinence I experience when I see a swarthy person. The dark stain that radiates from my crotch isn't an external display of fear. It's a warning symbol to all around me that I've spotted a potential terrorist and will report him or her to the State Security Apparatus the moment I stop shaking enough to dial my cellphone.

Is this racism too?

Before you answer, you should know it's a parody... by a lefty. The tremendously unfunny leftist moron "Jesus' General" is sending this around to rightwingers, so smitten is he with his own wit.

Now: It seems to me we have two similar parodies, differentiated only by the fact that mine is actually funny. He's pretending to be rightwinger who is so afraid of "brown persons" he soils himself; I too, am pretending to be rightwinger who is so afraid of "brown persons" I soil myself. He's pretending to be that kind or rightwinger to make fun of rightwingers; I'm pretending to be that kind of rightwinger to make fun of leftwingers. Other than the ultimate target -- same schtick, same material (scary "brown people").

And yet-- mine is "racist," but I'm sure ScaredyPat will rush in to tell us all that Jesus' General is not racist, for some or other reason.

Nuance.

Thanks to Allah for the tip. "Jesus' General" sent this to me, too, but to my yahoo acount, which I don't often check.

PS: Has ScaredyPat seen the Jewish Conspiracy thread? My stars, what would she think of that!

Or perhaps she doesn't think that's antisemitic, because she thinks those Jewish Conspiracies are pretty much true.

posted by Ace at 10:49 AM

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