• DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Are they three different species?

    I get two of them are supposed to be humans, and the police a faceless enemy, but it feels like something unconscious was accidentally said visually.

    Lady’s tiny like a Hobbit or a Troll or something.

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      2 days ago

      The premise is jackboot cops fucking with a black person and your takeaway is that the artist is racist?

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        I said unconscious… I even stated “accidentally” and said it was visual.

        But yes sometimes visual shorthand accidentally enforces an unintended message. Just like black people can be racist, or Jewish people Antisemitic - antifascist art can sometimes accidentally say that fascism is strength, indomitable, or all powerful.

        Two cops, beer guts, and laughing together, might be a more accurate description of American fascism.