• lemmy_user_838586@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    The classic ‘I don’t care how horrible this person or view is’ until it affects them ‘on noooo, I realized he’s terrible! Now I get to seem like an enlightened white Knight, warning others of obvious flaws I decided not to see!’

    I bet if the joke was about Mexicans they wouldn’t have cared, because it’s not them.

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      7 hours ago

      “How did the leopard get on my face?”

      Flip flopping is worse than just accepting a bad mistake. You were out for PR, not to actually endorse anyone, and got burned.