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[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 111 points 5 months ago

Well, she is a Republican, isn't she?

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 5 months ago

Sadly it also is why she gets votes

[-] Endorkend@kbin.social 71 points 5 months ago

She's an open white nationalist.

How is her being racist any sort of surprise or questioned?

[-] TurtleJoe@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Still gotta keep pointing it out. The goal of these people is to normalize their shittiness, so you need to keep saying, "this isn't normal, these people are whack as fuck."

[-] nsnitko@infosec.pub 65 points 5 months ago

NGL I initially read this as Magic: The Gathering being racist and was a little confused.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

Of all the things that irritate me about her, the fact that she's often identified by her initials might be the worst.

[-] bradinutah@thelemmy.club 7 points 5 months ago

People need to adopt more appropriate ways of abbreviating her name. Say something like Moscow Marge.

[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

I saw B^6^ suggested over on Mastodon

(Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body)

That’s fantastic. I’m using that going forward.

[-] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

You've sunk my battleship. In more ways than one.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Doesn't help in conversation, but in text one can just use Empty G.

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 5 months ago

I prefer "Perjury Traitor Greed"

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

White cards have pictures of angels and noble soldiers on them. Black cards have zombies, demons, and grotesques.

[-] bilb@lem.monster 4 points 5 months ago

Sounds like "light" and "darkness" clichés, not references to skin pigmentation

[-] HatFullOfSky@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Typically, this is what the cards are themed as, at least the older sets. White and Black are "enemy" colors in Magic: the Gathering after all, same as Red and Blue, Black and Green, etc (based on their position in the MTG color pentagon).

That said, there were some definitely racist cards that got banned and pulled from databases in 2020, Invoke Prejudice being a notable example.

It shows a hooded executioner with a black axe. “If opponent casts a Summon spell that does not match the color of one of the creatures under your control, that spell is countered,” says the card. It effectively kills off creatures that don’t look like the creatures already on the table.

https://www.polygon.com/2020/6/10/21287154/racist-magic-the-gathering-cards-banned-removed-from-database-wizards-apology

[-] zippycat9@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

i assume they were kidding but if not thats a massive yikes

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

You are correct

[-] Hegar@kbin.social 0 points 5 months ago

I've got some bad news for you about the history of those cliches.

[-] Vytle@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago
[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 55 points 5 months ago

Maybe it’s a “no shit” moment but no elected official has said it publicly before

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The MAGA slope is a slippery one.

[-] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 5 points 5 months ago

Slippery because of all the santorum.

[-] irreticent@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I'd vote for that!

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago

To be fair, she’s also really stupid.

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

The space laser lady? No way.

[-] Fermion@mander.xyz 20 points 5 months ago

We should stop putting anything about MTG in the limelight.

[-] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Right? The headline doesn't even name the representative that was the target of, and accused her of, racism. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas.

[-] anlumo@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah, that was the reason I left /r/politics on reddit. It devolved into the "what did MTG do today" subreddit.

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Magic The Gathering is racist?

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 12 points 5 months ago

Everytime lol

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Wow.

I never could have guessed.

What a shocking twist.

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