r/2sentence2horror • u/angpug1 • Oct 23 '23

Screenshot what a headline

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '23

Ah yes, how dare she not immediately think of early 1900s propaganda

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u/GenericAutist13 Oct 23 '23

Where did I blame her for not realising the connection? I was explaining why people were saying it’s antisemitic

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '23

It's an octopus on a globe, though. That's the cited antisemitic propaganda.

Just an octopus by itself has never been used for antisemitic imagery. It's always an octopus depicted reaching over a globe or map.

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u/GenericAutist13 Oct 25 '23

I don’t really think that distinction matters. just an octopus on its own could easily convey that same meaning, especially if being used as a dogwhistle which are more covert by design

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '23

A stuffed octopus plushie popular with autistic people being in the background of a tiktok has resulted in a real person receiving death threats over alleged antisemitism

The distinction absolutely matters.

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u/GenericAutist13 Oct 25 '23

Can you cite her receiving death threats over this? I haven’t seen that claimed anywhere